Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
[ALEPH-BET] I [am] the man [who] has seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
2 Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
He has led me, and causes to go [in] darkness, and without light.
3 Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
Surely against me He turns back, He turns His hand all the day.
4 He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
He has worn out my flesh and my skin. He has broken my bones.
5 He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
He has built up against me, And sets around poverty and weariness.
6 In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
In dark places He has caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
7 He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
He has hedged me in, and I do not go out, He has made heavy my chain.
8 Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
Also when I call and cry out, He has shut out my prayer.
9 He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
He has hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He has made crooked.
10 [is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *Q(K)*) in hiding places.
A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding places.
11 Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
My ways He is turning aside, and He pulls me in pieces, He has made me a desolation.
12 He has bent (bow his *L(abh)*) and he has set up me like target for arrow.
He has bent His bow, And sets me up as a mark for an arrow.
13 He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.
He has caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
14 I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
15 He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
He has filled me with bitter things, He has filled me [with] wormwood.
16 And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
And He breaks with gravel my teeth, He has covered me with ashes.
17 And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
And You cast off my soul from peace, I have forgotten prosperity.
18 And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
And I say, My strength and my hope have perished from YHWH.
19 Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
20 Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *Q(K)*) on me self my.
Remember well, and my soul bows down in me.
21 This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
This I turn to my heart—therefore I hope.
22 [the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
The kindnesses of YHWH! For we have not been consumed, For His mercies have not ended.
23 [they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.
New every morning, abundant [is] Your faithfulness.
24 [is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.
My portion [is] YHWH, my soul has said, Therefore I hope for Him.
25 [is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *Q(K)*) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
YHWH [is] good to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeks Him.
26 [is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
[It is] good when one stays and stands still For the salvation of YHWH.
27 [is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
[It is] good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
He sits alone, and is silent, For He has laid [it] on him.
29 Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
He puts his mouth in the dust, if so be, there is hope.
30 Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
He gives to his striker the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
31 For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
For the Lord does not cast off for all time.
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 afflicted, yet He has pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
33 For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved ([the] children of *L(abh)*) a man.
For He has not afflicted with His heart, Nor does He grieve the sons of men.
34 To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
To bruise under one’s feet any bound ones of earth,
35 To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
To turn aside the judgment 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.
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord has not approved.
37 Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
38 From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
From the mouth of the Most High does not go forth the evils and the good.
39 Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *Q(K)*)
Why does a living man sigh habitually, A man for his sin?
40 Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back to YHWH.
41 Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
We lift up our heart on the hands to God in the heavens.
42 We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
We have transgressed and been rebellious, You have not forgiven.
43 You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
You have covered Yourself with anger, And pursue us; You have slain—You have not pitied.
44 You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
You have covered Yourself with a cloud, So that prayer does not pass through.
45 Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
Outcast and refuse You make us In the midst of the peoples.
46 They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
47 Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
Fear and a snare has been for us, Desolation and destruction.
48 Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
Streams of water go down my eye, 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 eye is poured out, And does not cease without intermission,
50 Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
Until YHWH looks and sees from the heavens,
51 Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
My eye affects my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
Hunting—my enemies have hunted me without cause like the bird.
53 They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
They have cut off my life in a pit, And they cast a stone against me.
54 They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
55 I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
I called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit.
56 Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.
You have heard my voice, do not hide Your ear at my breathing—at my cry.
57 You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
You have drawn near in the day I call You, You have said, Do not fear.
58 You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
You have pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, You have redeemed my life.
59 You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
You have seen, O YHWH, my overthrow, Judge my cause.
60 You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
You have seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
61 You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
You have heard their reproach, O YHWH, All their thoughts against me,
62 [the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
63 Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
64 You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
You return to them the deed, O YHWH, According to the work of their hands.
65 You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
You give to them a covered heart, Your curse to them.
66 You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
You pursue in anger, and destroy them, From under the heavens of YHWH!
