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