Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
2 Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
3 Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
4 He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
5 He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
6 In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
7 He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
8 Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
9 He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
10 [is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *Q(K)*) in hiding places.
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
11 Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
12 He has bent (bow his *L(abh)*) and he has set up me like target for arrow.
With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
13 He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.
He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
14 I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
15 He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
16 And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
17 And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
18 And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
19 Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
20 Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *Q(K)*) on me self my.
My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
21 This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
22 [the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
23 [they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.
They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
24 [is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.
I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
25 [is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *Q(K)*) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
26 [is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
27 [is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
28 Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
29 Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
30 Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
31 For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
32 That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *Q(K)*)
For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
33 For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved ([the] children of *L(abh)*) a man.
For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
34 To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
36 To subvert anyone in case at law his [the] Lord not he has seen.
In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
37 Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
38 From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *Q(K)*)
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
40 Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
41 Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.
43 You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;
44 You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
45 Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
46 They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
47 Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.
48 Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Eye my it has poured itself and not it will cease from not stop.
My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest,
50 Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
51 Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
The Lord is unkind to my soul, more than all the daughters of my town.
52 Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
53 They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
54 They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
55 I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
56 Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.
My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
57 You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
58 You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
59 You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
60 You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.
61 You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;
62 [the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.
63 Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
64 You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.
65 You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
66 You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.
