Lamentations 3
1 I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his
Aleph. I am a man seynge my pouert in the yerde of his indignacioun.
2 [obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light
Aleph. He droof me, and brouyte in to derknessis, and not in to liyt.
3 surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day
Aleph. Oneli he turnede in to me, and turnede togidere his hond al dai.
4 to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
5 to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship
Beth. He bildid in my cumpas, and he cumpasside me with galle and trauel.
6 in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity
Beth. He settide me in derk places, as euerlastynge deed men.
7 to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my
Gymel. He bildide aboute ayens me, that Y go not out; he aggregide my gyues.
8 also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my
Gymel. But and whanne Y crie and preye, he hath excludid my preier.
9 to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist
Gymel. He closide togidere my weies with square stoonus; he distriede my pathis.
10 bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *Q(K)*) in/on/with hiding
Deleth. He is maad a bere settinge aspies to me, a lioun in hid places.
11 way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated
Deleth. He distriede my pathis, and brak me; he settide me desolat.
12 to tread (bow his *L(abh)*) and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow
Deleth. He bente his bowe, and settide me as a signe to an arowe.
13 to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his
He. He sente in my reynes the douytris of his arowe caas.
14 to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day
He. Y am maad in to scorn to al the puple, the song of hem al dai.
15 to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood
He. He fillide me with bitternesses; he gretli fillide me with wermod.
16 and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes
Vau. He brak at noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with aische.
17 and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare
Vau. And my soule is putte awei; Y haue foryete goodis.
18 and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD
Vau. And Y seide, Myn ende perischide, and myn hope fro the Lord.
19 to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison
Zai. Haue thou mynde on my pouert and goyng ouer, and on wermod and galle.
20 to remember to remember (and to sink *Q(K)*) upon me soul my
Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.
21 this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope
Zai. Y bithenkynge these thingis in myn herte, schal hope in God.
22 kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his
Heth. The mercies of the Lord ben manye, for we ben not wastid; for whi hise merciful doyngis failiden not.
23 new to/for morning many faithfulness your
Heth. Y knew in the morewtid; thi feith is miche.
24 portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him
Heth. My soule seide, The Lord is my part; therfor Y schal abide hym.
25 pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *Q(K)*) to/for soul to seek him
Teth. The Lord is good to hem that hopen in to hym, to a soule sekynge hym.
26 pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD
Teth. It is good to abide with stilnesse the helthe of God.
27 pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his
Teth. It is good to a man, whanne he hath bore the yok fro his yongthe.
28 to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him
Joth. He schal sitte aloone, and he schal be stille; for he reiside hym silf aboue hym silf.
29 to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope
Joth. He schal sette his mouth in dust, if perauenture hope is.
30 to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach
Joth. He schal yyue the cheke to a man that smytith hym; he schal be fillid with schenschipis.
31 for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord
Caph. For the Lord schal not putte awei with outen ende.
32 that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *Q(K)*)
Caph. For if he castide awei, and he schal do merci bi the multitude of hise mercies.
33 for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer (son: child *L(abh)*) man
Caph. For he makide not low of his herte; and castide not awei the sones of men. Lameth.
34 to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet
That he schulde al to-foule vndur hise feet alle the boundun men of erthe. Lameth.
35 to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High
That he schulde bowe doun the dom of man, in the siyt of the cheer of the hiyeste.
36 to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select
Lameth. That he schulde peruerte a man in his dom, the Lord knew not.
37 who? this to say and to be Lord not to command
Men. Who is this that seide, that a thing schulde be don, whanne the Lord comaundide not?
38 from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant
Men. Nether goodis nether yuels schulen go out of the mouth of the hiyeste.
39 what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *Q(K)*)
Men. What grutchide a man lyuynge, a man for hise synnes?
40 to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD
Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seke we, and turne we ayen to the Lord.
41 to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven
Nun. Reise we oure hertis with hondis, to the Lord in to heuenes.
42 we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive
Nun. We han do wickidli, and han terrid thee to wraththe; therfor thou art not able to be preied.
43 to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare
Sameth. Thou hilidist in stronge veniaunce, and smitidist vs; thou killidist, and sparidist not.
44 to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer
Sameth. Thou settidist a clowde to thee, that preier passe not.
45 offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people
Sameth. Thou settidist me, drawing vp bi the roote, and castynge out, in the myddis of puplis.
46 to open upon us lip their all enemy our
Ayn. Alle enemyes openyden her mouth on vs.
47 dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking
Ayn. Inward drede and snare is maad to vs, profesie and defoulyng.
48 stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my
Ayn. Myn iyen ledden doun departyngis of watris, for the defoulyng of the douyter of my puple.
49 eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation
Phe. Myn iye was turmentid, and was not stille; for no reste was.
50 till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven
Phe. Vntil the Lord bihelde, and siy fro heuenes.
51 eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my
Phe. Myn iye robbide my soule in alle the douytris of my citee.
52 to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing
Sade. Myn enemyes token me with out cause, bi huntyng as a brid.
53 to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me
Sade. My lijf slood in to a lake; and thei puttiden a stoon on me.
54 to flow water upon head my to say to cut
Sade. Watris flowiden ouer myn heed; Y seide, Y perischide.
55 to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower
Coph. Lord, Y clepide to help thi name, fro the laste lake.
56 voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my
Coph. Thou herdist my vois; turne thou not awei thin eere fro my sobbyng and cries.
57 to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear
Coph. Thou neiyidist to me in the dai, wherynne Y clepide thee to help; thou seidist, Drede thou not.
58 to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my
Res. Lord, ayenbiere of my lijf, thou demydist the cause of my soule.
59 to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my
Res. Lord, thou siest the wickidnesse of hem ayens me; deme thou my doom.
60 to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me
Res. Thou siest al the woodnesse, alle the thouytis of hem ayenus me.
61 to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me
Syn. Lord, thou herdist the schenshipis of hem; alle the thouytis of hem ayens me.
62 lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day
Syn. The lippis of men risynge ayens me, and the thouytis of hem ayens me al dai.
63 seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their
Syn. Se thou the sittynge and risyng ayen of hem; Y am the salm of hem.
64 to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their
Thau. Lord, thou schalt yelde while to hem, bi the werkis of her hondis.
65 to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them
Tau. Thou schalt yyue to hem the scheeld of herte, thi trauel.
66 to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD
Tau. Lord, thou schalt pursue hem in thi strong veniaunce, and thou schalt defoule hem vndur heuenes.
