Lamentations 3

1 I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.

2 Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.

3 Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.

4 He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.

5 He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.

6 In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.

7 He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.

8 Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.

9 He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.

10 [is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *Q(K)*) in hiding places.

11 Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.

12 He has bent (bow his *L(abh)*) and he has set up me like target for arrow.

13 He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.

14 I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.

15 He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.

16 And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].

17 And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.

18 And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.

19 Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.

20 Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *Q(K)*) on me self my.

21 This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.

22 [the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.

23 [they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.

24 [is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.

25 [is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *Q(K)*) to anyone [who] it will seek him.

26 [is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.

27 [is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.

28 Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.

29 Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.

30 Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.

31 For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.

32 That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *Q(K)*)

33 For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved ([the] children of *L(abh)*) a man.

34 To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.

35 To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.

36 To subvert anyone in case at law his [the] Lord not he has seen.

37 Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].

38 From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.

39 Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *Q(K)*)

40 Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.

41 Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.

42 We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.

43 You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.

44 You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.

45 Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.

46 They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.

47 Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.

48 Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.

49 Eye my it has poured itself and not it will cease from not stop.

50 Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.

51 Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.

52 Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.

53 They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.

54 They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.

55 I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.

56 Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.

57 You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.

58 You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.

59 You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.

60 You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.

61 You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.

62 [the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.

63 Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.

64 You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.

65 You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.

66 You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.