Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
| אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֹֽו׃ |
2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.
| אֹותִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹֽור׃ |
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
| אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָדֹ֖ו כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃ ס |
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
| בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעֹורִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמֹותָֽי׃ |
5 He hath built against me, and compassed [me] with gall and labor.
| בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃ |
6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that are] dead of old.
| בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הֹושִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עֹולָֽם׃ ס |
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
| גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ |
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
| גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ |
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
| גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ ס |
10 He [was] to me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
| דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אַרְיֵה (אֲרִ֖י) בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ |
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
| דְּרָכַ֥י סֹורֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃ |
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
| דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתֹּו֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ ס |
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
| הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיֹותָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֹֽו׃ |
14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
| הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכָל־עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃ |
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
| הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרֹורִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ ס |
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
| וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ |
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
| וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁלֹ֛ום נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טֹובָֽה׃ |
18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
| וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתֹוחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃ ס |
19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
| זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ |
20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
| זָכֹ֣ור תִּזְכֹּ֔ור וְתָשִׁיחַ (וְתָשֹׁ֥וחַ) עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
| זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־לִבִּ֖י עַל־כֵּ֥ן אֹוחִֽיל׃ ס |
22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
| חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ |
23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
| חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ |
24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
| חֶלְקִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י עַל־כֵּ֖ן אֹוחִ֥יל לֹֽו׃ ס |
25 The LORD [is] good to them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
| טֹ֤וב יְהוָה֙ לְקֹוָ֔ו לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃ |
26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
| טֹ֤וב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃ |
27 [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
| טֹ֣וב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ ס |
28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
| יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃ |
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
| יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃ |
30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
| יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ ס |
31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
| כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעֹולָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃ |
32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
| כִּ֣י אִם־הֹוגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב חַסְדֹּו (חֲסָדָֽיו)׃ |
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
| כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבֹּ֔ו וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְּנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃ ס |
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
| לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ |
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
| לְהַטֹּות֙ מִשְׁפַּט־גָּ֔בֶר נֶ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֹֽון׃ |
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
| לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיבֹ֔ו אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃ ס |
37 Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the LORD commandeth [it] not?
| מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃ |
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
| מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיֹון֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָעֹ֖ות וְהַטֹּֽוב׃ |
39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
| מַה־יִּתְאֹונֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־חֶטְאֹו (חֲטָאָֽיו)׃ ס |
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
| נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה עַד־יְהוָֽה׃ |
41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens.
| נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ |
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
| נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ ס |
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
| סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ |
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
| סַכֹּ֤ותָה בֶֽעָנָן֙ לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲבֹ֖ור תְּפִלָּֽה׃ |
45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
| סְחִ֧י וּמָאֹ֛וס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ ס |
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
| פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ |
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
| פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃ |
48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| פַּלְגֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ ס |
49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
| עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֹֽות׃ |
50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
| עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ |
51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
| עֵינִי֙ עֹֽולְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנֹ֥ות עִירִֽי׃ ס |
52 My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
| צֹ֥וד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפֹּ֖ור אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃ |
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
| צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבֹּור֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי׃ |
54 Waters flowed over my head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
| צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ ס |
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
| קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבֹּ֖ור תַּחְתִּיֹּֽות׃ |
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
| קֹולִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃ |
57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
| קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּיֹ֣ום אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ ס |
58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
| רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃ |
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
| רָאִ֤יתָה יְהוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שָׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ |
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.
| רָאִ֙יתָה֙ כָּל־נִקְמָתָ֔ם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃ ס |
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
| שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי׃ |
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
| שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיֹונָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃ |
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their music.
| שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ ס |
64 Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
| תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ |
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
| תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם׃ |
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
| תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פ |
