Lamentations 3
1 I [, the one who am writing this, ] am a man who has been afflicted/punished [MTY] by Yahweh because he was angry.
I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his
2 [It was as though] he caused me to walk in a very dark place without any light [at all].
[obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light
3 He has punished [IDM] me many times, all day, [every] day.
surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day
4 He has caused my skin and my flesh to become old. He has broken my bones.
to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my
5 He has surrounded me [DOU] with bitterness and suffering.
to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship
6 [It is as though] he has buried me in a dark place like [SIM] [the graves of] those who have been dead for a long time.
in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity
7 [It is as though] [MET] he has built a wall around me, and fastened/tied me with heavy chains, and I cannot escape.
to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my
8 Although I call out and cry out for him to help me, he does not pay attention to my prayers.
also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my
9 [It is as though] he has blocked my path with a [high] stone [wall] and has caused my path to become crooked.
to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist
10 He has waited to attack me like [SIM] a bear or a lion hides and waits [to attack other animals].
bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *Q(K)*) in/on/with hiding
11 [It is as though] he has dragged me off the path and (mauled me/torn me into pieces), and left me without help.
way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated
12 [It is as though] [MET] he bent his bow and caused me to become the target [at which he shot] his arrows.
to tread (bow his *L(abh)*) and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow
13 [It is as though] he shot his arrows deep into my body.
to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his
14 All my relatives laugh at me; all day, [every] day they sing songs that make fun of me.
to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day
15 He has filled me with (bitterness/great suffering), [like] [MET] someone who drinks a very bitter liquid suffers.
to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood
16 [It is as though] he has caused me to chew gravel that broke my teeth, and he has trampled me in the dirt.
and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes
17 Things no longer go well for me; I no longer remember being prosperous.
and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare
18 I [continued to] say [to myself], “I no longer expect to live much longer; I no longer confidently expect [to receive good things] from Yahweh!”
and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD
19 When I think about my suffering and my wandering [away from home], [it is like drinking] a very bitter [DOU] liquid.
to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison
20 I will never forget this time when I feel very depressed/discouraged [IDM].
to remember to remember (and to sink *Q(K)*) upon me soul my
21 However, I confidently expect [Yahweh to do good things for me again] when I think about this:
this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope
22 Yahweh never stops faithfully loving [us], and he never stops being kind to us.
kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his
23 [He is the one whom we can] always trust/lean on. Every morning he is merciful [to us again].
new to/for morning many faithfulness your
24 [So] I say to myself, “Yahweh is all that I need; so I will confidently wait for him [to do good things for me].”
portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him
25 Yahweh is good to [all] those who depend on him, to those who seek his [help].
pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *Q(K)*) to/for soul to seek him
26 [So] it is good for us to wait quietly for Yahweh to save/rescue [us].
pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD
27 And it is good for us to [patiently] endure [suffering] while we are young.
pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his
28 Those [who seek his help] should sit by themselves, silently, [knowing that] it is Yahweh who has allowed/caused them to suffer.
to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him
29 They should lie in the dirt, with their faces on the ground, [because] they can still hope [that Yahweh will help them].
to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope
30 If someone strikes us on one cheek, we should turn the other cheek toward that person [in order that he may strike it, too], and accept/endure it when we are insulted.
to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach
31 Yahweh does not abandon [us his people] forever.
for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord
32 Sometimes he causes us to suffer, but sometimes he is kind [to us] because he continually and faithfully loves [us].
that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *Q(K)*)
33 And he is not happy about causing human beings to suffer or to be sad.
for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer (son: child *L(abh)*) man
34 If people (mistreat all the prisoners/crush all the prisoners under their feet)
to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet
35 or if they rebel against God by refusing to give to people the things that it is right for them [to receive],
to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High
36 or if they cause judges to decide matters unjustly, (does Yahweh not see all those things?/Yahweh certainly sees all those things!) [RHQ]
to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select
37 No one can [RHQ] command something to happen [and then cause it to happen] if Yahweh has not already decided that it should happen.
who? this to say and to be Lord not to command
38 God in heaven [MTY] is [RHQ] the one who causes disasters to happen, and he [also] causes good things to happen.
from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant
39 [So] it is certainly not [RHQ] right for us, who are only humans, to complain when he punishes us for the sins that we have committed.
what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *Q(K)*)
40 Instead, we should (examine/think carefully about) our behavior; we should turn back to Yahweh.
to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD
41 We should pray [IDM] sincerely and lift up our arms toward God in heaven, [and say, ]
to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven
42 “We have sinned and rebelled [against you], and you have not forgiven [us].
we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive
43 You have surrounded us with your anger and pursued us; you have slaughtered [us] without pitying us.
to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare
44 You have hidden yourself in a cloud, with the result that you do not hear [us] when we pray.
to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer
45 You have caused [the people of other] nations to consider us to be only garbage [DOU].
offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people
46 All our enemies have insulted us.
to open upon us lip their all enemy our
47 We are constantly afraid [DOU], [because] we have experienced disasters and ruin [DOU].”
dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking
48 I cry a lot because my people have been destroyed.
stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my
49 My tears continually flow; they will not stop
eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation
50 until Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees [us].
till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven
51 I am very grieved because of [what has happened to] the women of my city.
eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my
52 Those who are my enemies hunted for me like [SIM] [people hunt for] a bird [to kill it] [even though] there was no reason [for them to do that].
to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing
53 They threw me into a pit to kill me, and they threw stones on top of me.
to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me
54 The water [in the pit] rose above my head, and I said [to myself], “I am about to die/drown!”
to flow water upon head my to say to cut
55 But from the bottom of the pit I cried out to you [MTY], “Yahweh, [help me]!”
to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower
56 I pleaded with you, “Do not refuse to heed [MTY] me while I cry out to you!”
voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my
57 Then you answered me and said, “Do not be afraid!”
to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear
58 Yahweh, you defended me; you did not allow me to die.
to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my
59 [Now], Yahweh, you have seen the evil things that my enemies have done to me, [so] decide my case [and show that I am right]!
to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my
60 You know the evil things that they have planned to do to me.
to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me
61 Yahweh, you have heard them insult [me] and what they have planned to do to me.
to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me
62 Every day they whisper and mutter things about me, all day long.
lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day
63 Look at them! Whether they are standing or sitting they make fun of me with the songs that they sing.
seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their
64 Yahweh, cause them to suffer in return for their causing [me] to suffer!
to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their
65 Curse them [IDM] [for] their being very stubborn [IDM].
to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them
66 Because you are angry with them, pursue them and get rid of them, [until none of them remain] on the earth.
to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD
