Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
2 Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light.
Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
4 He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
5 He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
10 A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
[is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *Q(K)*) in hiding places.
11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
12 He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
He has bent (bow his *L(abh)*) and he has set up me like target for arrow.
13 He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.
14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.
He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
17 And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
18 And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
20 Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *Q(K)*) on me self my.
21 This I turn to my heart — therefore I hope.
This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
22 The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
[the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
23 New every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness.
[they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.
24 My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
[is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.
25 Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.
[is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *Q(K)*) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
26 Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
[is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
27 Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
[is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
28 He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
29 He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
30 He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
31 For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
32 For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *Q(K)*)
33 For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved ([the] children of *L(abh)*) a man.
34 To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
To subvert anyone in case at law his [the] Lord not he has seen.
37 Who [is] this — he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
38 From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
39 What — sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *Q(K)*)
40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
41 We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
42 We — we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou — Thou hast not forgiven.
We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
43 Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain — Thou hast not pitied.
You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
45 Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
47 Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
49 Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
Eye my it has poured itself and not it will cease from not stop.
50 Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,
Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
51 My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
52 Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
53 They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
54 Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
55 I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
56 My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing — at my cry.
Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.
57 Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
58 Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
59 Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
62 The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
[the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
64 Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
65 Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
66 Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
