Lamentations 3
1 [ALEPH-BET] I [am] the man [who] has seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He has led me, and causes to go [in] darkness, and without light.
Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
3 Surely against me He turns back, He turns His hand all the day.
Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
4 He has worn out my flesh and my skin. He has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
5 He has built up against me, And sets around poverty and weariness.
He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
6 In dark places He has caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
7 He has hedged me in, and I do not go out, He has made heavy my chain.
He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I call and cry out, He has shut out my prayer.
Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He has hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He has made crooked.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding places.
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulls me in pieces, He has made me a desolation.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
12 He has bent His bow, And sets me up as a mark for an arrow.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He has caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
15 He has filled me with bitter things, He has filled me [with] wormwood.
He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
16 And He breaks with gravel my teeth, He has covered me with ashes.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And You cast off my soul from peace, I have forgotten prosperity.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
18 And I say, My strength and my hope have perished from YHWH.
And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20 Remember well, and my soul bows down in me.
My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I turn to my heart—therefore I hope.
— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.
22 The kindnesses of YHWH! For we have not been consumed, For His mercies have not ended.
It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
23 New every morning, abundant [is] Your faithfulness.
they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 My portion [is] YHWH, my soul has said, Therefore I hope for Him.
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 YHWH [is] good to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeks Him.
Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
26 [It is] good when one stays and stands still For the salvation of YHWH.
It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
27 [It is] good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
28 He sits alone, and is silent, For He has laid [it] on him.
He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
29 He puts his mouth in the dust, if so be, there is hope.
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
30 He gives to his striker the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord does not cast off for all time.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
32 For though He afflicted, yet He has pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
33 For He has not afflicted with His heart, Nor does He grieve the sons of men.
for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
34 To bruise under one’s feet any bound ones of earth,
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Before the face of the Most High,
to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord has not approved.
to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?
37 Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
38 From the mouth of the Most High does not go forth the evils and the good.
Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
39 Why does a living man sigh habitually, A man for his sin?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back to YHWH.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
41 We lift up our heart on the hands to God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and been rebellious, You have not forgiven.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 You have covered Yourself with anger, And pursue us; You have slain—You have not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud, So that prayer does not pass through.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
45 Outcast and refuse You make us In the midst of the peoples.
Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
47 Fear and a snare has been for us, Desolation and destruction.
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
48 Streams of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
49 My eye is poured out, And does not cease without intermission,
Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50 Until YHWH looks and sees from the heavens,
till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.
51 My eye affects my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Hunting—my enemies have hunted me without cause like the bird.
They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
53 They have cut off my life in a pit, And they cast a stone against me.
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
55 I called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit.
I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
56 You have heard my voice, do not hide Your ear at my breathing—at my cry.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
57 You have drawn near in the day I call You, You have said, Do not fear.
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
58 You have pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, You have redeemed my life.
Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
59 You have seen, O YHWH, my overthrow, Judge my cause.
Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.
61 You have heard their reproach, O YHWH, All their thoughts against me,
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.
63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
64 You return to them the deed, O YHWH, According to the work of their hands.
Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;
65 You give to them a covered heart, Your curse to them.
give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
66 You pursue in anger, and destroy them, From under the heavens of YHWH!
pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
