Lamentations 3
1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
ALEPH ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis eius
2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
ALEPH me minavit et adduxit in tenebris et non in lucem
3 Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
ALEPH tantum in me vertit et convertit manum suam tota die
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
BETH vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam contrivit ossa mea
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
BETH aedificavit in gyro meo et circumdedit me felle et labore
6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
BETH in tenebrosis conlocavit me quasi mortuos sempiternos
7 He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
GIMEL circumaedificavit adversum me ut non egrediar adgravavit conpedem meam
8 Yea, when I cry and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
GIMEL sed et cum clamavero et rogavero exclusit orationem meam
9 He hath fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
GIMEL conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris semitas meas subvertit
10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
DELETH ursus insidians factus est mihi leo in absconditis
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
DELETH semitas meas subvertit et confregit me posuit me desolatam
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
DELETH tetendit arcum suum et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam
13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
HE misit in renibus meis filias faretrae suae
14 I am become a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
HE factus sum in derisu omni populo meo canticum eorum tota die
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
HE replevit me amaritudinibus inebriavit me absinthio
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
VAV et fregit ad numerum dentes meos cibavit me cinere
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
VAV et repulsa est anima mea oblitus sum bonorum
18 And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.
VAV et dixi periit finis meus et spes mea a Domino
19 Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
ZAI recordare paupertatis et transgressionis meae absinthii et fellis
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
ZAI memoria memor ero et tabescet in me anima mea
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
ZAI hoc recolens in corde meo ideo sperabo
22 [It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
HETH misericordiae Domini quia non sumus consumpti quia non defecerunt miserationes eius
23 They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
HETH novae diluculo multa est fides tua
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
HETH pars mea Dominus dixit anima mea propterea expectabo eum
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
TETH bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum animae quaerenti illum
26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
TETH bonum est praestolari cum silentio salutare Domini
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
TETH bonum est viro cum portaverit iugum ab adulescentia sua
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
IOTH sedebit solitarius et tacebit quia levavit super se
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may he hope.
IOTH ponet in pulvere os suum si forte sit spes
30 Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
IOTH dabit percutienti se maxillam saturabitur obprobriis
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
CAPH quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus
32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
CAPH quia si abiecit et miserebitur secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum
33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
CAPH non enim humiliavit ex corde suo et abiecit filios hominis
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
LAMED ut contereret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terrae
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
LAMED ut declinaret iudicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
LAMED ut perverteret hominem in iudicio suo Dominus ignoravit
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
MEM quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret Domino non iubente
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
MEM ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
MEM quid murmuravit homo vivens vir pro peccatis suis
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
NUN scrutemur vias nostras et quaeramus et revertamur ad Dominum
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
NUN levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in caelos
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
NUN nos inique egimus et ad iracundiam provocavimus idcirco tu inexorabilis es
43 Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
SAMECH operuisti in furore et percussisti nos occidisti nec pepercisti
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
SAMECH opposuisti nubem tibi ne transeat oratio
45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
SAMECH eradicationem et abiectionem posuisti me in medio populorum
46 all our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
FE aperuerunt super nos os suum omnes inimici
47 Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.
FE formido et laqueus facta est nobis vaticinatio et contritio
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
FE divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus in contritione filiae populi mei
49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
AIN oculus meus adflictus est nec tacuit eo quod non esset requies
50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
AIN donec respiceret et videret Dominus de caelis
51 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
AIN oculus meus depraedatus est animam meam in cunctis filiabus urbis meae
52 They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
SADE venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
SADE lapsa est in lacu vita mea et posuerunt lapidem super me
54 Waters flowed over mine head; I said, I am cut off.
SADE inundaverunt aquae super caput meum dixi perii
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.
COPH invocavi nomen tuum Domine de lacis novissimis
56 Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
COPH vocem meam audisti ne avertas aurem tuam a singultu meo et clamoribus
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
COPH adpropinquasti in die quando invocavi te dixisti ne timeas
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
RES iudicasti Domine causam animae meae redemptor vitae meae
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
RES vidisti Domine iniquitatem adversum me iudica iudicium meum
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
RES vidisti omnem furorem universas cogitationes eorum adversum me
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
SEN audisti obprobria eorum Domine omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their imagination against me all the day.
SEN labia insurgentium mihi et meditationes eorum adversum me tota die
63 Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
SEN sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide ego sum psalmus eorum
64 Thou wilt render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
THAU reddes eis vicem Domine iuxta opera manuum suarum
65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
THAU dabis eis scutum cordis laborem tuum
66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
THAU persequeris in furore et conteres eos sub caelis Domine
