Lamentations 3
1 [ALEPH-BET] I [am] the man [who] has seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν ἐν ῥάβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμέ
2 He has led me, and causes to go [in] darkness, and without light.
παρέλαβέν με καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς
3 Surely against me He turns back, He turns His hand all the day.
πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
4 He has worn out my flesh and my skin. He has broken my bones.
ἐπαλαίωσεν σάρκας μου καὶ δέρμα μου ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν
5 He has built up against me, And sets around poverty and weariness.
ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν κεφαλήν μου καὶ ἐμόχθησεν
6 In dark places He has caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέν με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος
7 He has hedged me in, and I do not go out, He has made heavy my chain.
ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι ἐβάρυνεν χαλκόν μου
8 Also when I call and cry out, He has shut out my prayer.
καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω ἀπέφραξεν προσευχήν μου
9 He has hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He has made crooked.
ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου ἐνέφραξεν τρίβους μου ἐτάραξεν
10 A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding places.
ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις
11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulls me in pieces, He has made me a desolation.
κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέν με ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην
12 He has bent His bow, And sets me up as a mark for an arrow.
ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέν με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος
13 He has caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
εἰσήγαγεν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ
14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
15 He has filled me with bitter things, He has filled me [with] wormwood.
ἐχόρτασέν με πικρίας ἐμέθυσέν με χολῆς
16 And He breaks with gravel my teeth, He has covered me with ashes.
καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου ἐψώμισέν με σποδόν
17 And You cast off my soul from peace, I have forgotten prosperity.
καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθὰ
18 And I say, My strength and my hope have perished from YHWH.
καὶ εἶπα ἀπώλετο νεῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ κυρίου
19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
ἐμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου καὶ ἐκ διωγμοῦ μου πικρίας καὶ χολῆς μου
20 Remember well, and my soul bows down in me.
μνησθήσεται καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου
21 This I turn to my heart—therefore I hope.
ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ
22 The kindnesses of YHWH! For we have not been consumed, For His mercies have not ended.
23 New every morning, abundant [is] Your faithfulness.
24 My portion [is] YHWH, my soul has said, Therefore I hope for Him.
25 YHWH [is] good to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeks Him.
ἀγαθὸς κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν ψυχῇ ἣ ζητήσει αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν
26 [It is] good when one stays and stands still For the salvation of YHWH.
καὶ ὑπομενεῖ καὶ ἡσυχάσει εἰς τὸ σωτήριον κυρίου
27 [It is] good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth.
ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρὶ ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ
28 He sits alone, and is silent, For He has laid [it] on him.
καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπήσεται ὅτι ἦρεν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῷ
29 He puts his mouth in the dust, if so be, there is hope.
30 He gives to his striker the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν
31 For the Lord does not cast off for all time.
ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπώσεται κύριος
32 For though He afflicted, yet He has pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
ὅτι ὁ ταπεινώσας οἰκτιρήσει κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ
33 For He has not afflicted with His heart, Nor does He grieve the sons of men.
ὅτι οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν υἱοὺς ἀνδρός
34 To bruise under one’s feet any bound ones of earth,
τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς
35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Before the face of the Most High,
τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν ἀνδρὸς κατέναντι προσώπου ὑψίστου
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord has not approved.
καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν κύριος οὐκ εἶπεν
37 Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
τίς οὕτως εἶπεν καὶ ἐγενήθη κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο
38 From the mouth of the Most High does not go forth the evils and the good.
ἐκ στόματος ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν
39 Why does a living man sigh habitually, A man for his sin?
τί γογγύσει ἄνθρωπος ζῶν ἀνὴρ περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ
40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back to YHWH.
ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἕως κυρίου
41 We lift up our heart on the hands to God in the heavens.
ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ
42 We have transgressed and been rebellious, You have not forgiven.
ἡμαρτήσαμεν ἠσεβήσαμεν καὶ οὐχ ἱλάσθης
43 You have covered Yourself with anger, And pursue us; You have slain—You have not pitied.
ἐπεσκέπασας ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ἀπεδίωξας ἡμᾶς ἀπέκτεινας οὐκ ἐφείσω
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud, So that prayer does not pass through.
ἐπεσκέπασας νεφέλην σεαυτῷ εἵνεκεν προσευχῆς
45 Outcast and refuse You make us In the midst of the peoples.
καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπωσθῆναι ἔθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν
46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
διήνοιξαν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν
47 Fear and a snare has been for us, Desolation and destruction.
φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή
48 Streams of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου
49 My eye is poured out, And does not cease without intermission,
ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἔκνηψιν
50 Until YHWH looks and sees from the heavens,
ἕως οὗ διακύψῃ καὶ ἴδῃ κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ
51 My eye affects my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεως
52 Hunting—my enemies have hunted me without cause like the bird.
θηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεάν
53 They have cut off my life in a pit, And they cast a stone against me.
ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπ’ ἐμοί
54 Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ κεφαλήν μου εἶπα ἀπῶσμαι
55 I called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit.
ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου κύριε ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου
56 You have heard my voice, do not hide Your ear at my breathing—at my cry.
φωνήν μου ἤκουσας μὴ κρύψῃς τὰ ὦτά σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου
57 You have drawn near in the day I call You, You have said, Do not fear.
εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου ἤγγισας ἐν ᾗ σε ἡμέρᾳ ἐπεκαλεσάμην εἶπάς μοι μὴ φοβοῦ
58 You have pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, You have redeemed my life.
ἐδίκασας κύριε τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου
59 You have seen, O YHWH, my overthrow, Judge my cause.
εἶδες κύριε τὰς ταραχάς μου ἔκρινας τὴν κρίσιν μου
60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
εἶδες πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν εἰς πάντας διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐμοί
61 You have heard their reproach, O YHWH, All their thoughts against me,
ἤκουσας τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ
62 The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
χείλη ἐπανιστανομένων μοι καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
καθέδραν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνάστασιν αὐτῶν ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν
64 You return to them the deed, O YHWH, According to the work of their hands.
ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα κύριε κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν
65 You give to them a covered heart, Your curse to them.
ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν καρδίας μόχθον σου αὐτοῖς
66 You pursue in anger, and destroy them, From under the heavens of YHWH!
καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κύριε
