Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
I AM the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.
He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
Surely against me is he turned; he turns his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
5 He hath built against me, and compassed [me] with gall and labor.
He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that are] dead of old.
He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked.
10 He [was] to me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
And you have removed my soul far off from peace: I forgotten about prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
My soul has them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness.
24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD [is] good to them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.
28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
He gives his cheek to him that strikes him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approves not.
37 Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the LORD commandeth [it] not?
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?
39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Wherefore does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: you have not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
You have covered with anger, and persecuted us: you have slain, you have not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
You have made us as the waste and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Fear and a snare has come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mine eye trickes down, and ceases not, without any intermission.
50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine eye affects mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over my head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
I called upon your name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
You drew near in the day that I called upon you: you said, Fear not.
58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O LORD, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
O LORD, you have seen my wrong: judge you my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.
You have seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
You have heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their music.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.
64 Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
Give them sorrow of heart, your curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
