איכה 3
| אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ | 1 |
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
| אוֹתִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃ | 2 |
By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
| אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדוֹ כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 3 |
Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
| בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעוֹרִי שִׁבַּר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 4 |
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
| בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃ | 5 |
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
| בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הוֹשִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עוֹלָֽם׃ | 6 |
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
| גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ | 7 |
He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
| גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ | 8 |
Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
| גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּֽה׃ | 9 |
He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
| דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי אריה אֲרִי בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ | 10 |
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
| דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃ | 11 |
By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
| דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתוֹ וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵֽץ׃ | 12 |
With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
| הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיוֹתָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
| הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכָל־עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 14 |
I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
| הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ | 15 |
He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
| וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּֽחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ | 16 |
By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
| וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טוֹבָֽה׃ | 17 |
My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
| וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתוֹחַלְתִּי מֵיְהוָֽה׃ | 18 |
And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
| זְכָר־עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ | 19 |
Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
| זָכוֹר תִּזְכּוֹר ותשיח וְתָשׁוֹחַ עָלַי נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 20 |
My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
| זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִֽיל׃ | 21 |
This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
| חַֽסְדֵי יְהוָה כִּי לֹא־תָמְנוּ כִּי לֹא־כָלוּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ | 22 |
It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
| חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ | 23 |
They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
| חֶלְקִי יְהוָה אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִיל לֽוֹ׃ | 24 |
I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
| טוֹב יְהוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃ | 25 |
The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
| טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהוָֽה׃ | 26 |
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
| טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ | 27 |
It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
| יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָֽיו׃ | 28 |
Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
| יִתֵּן בֶּֽעָפָר פִּיהוּ אוּלַי יֵשׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃ | 29 |
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
| יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ | 30 |
Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
| כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָֽי׃ | 31 |
For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
| כִּי אִם־הוֹגָה וְרִחַם כְּרֹב חסדו חֲסָדָֽיו׃ | 32 |
For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
| כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִבּוֹ וַיַּגֶּה בְנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃ | 33 |
For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
| לְדַכֵּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו כֹּל אֲסִירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ | 34 |
In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
| לְהַטּוֹת מִשְׁפַּט־גָּבֶר נֶגֶד פְּנֵי עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ | 35 |
In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
| לְעַוֵּת אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ אֲדֹנָי לֹא רָאָֽה׃ | 36 |
In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
| מִי זֶה אָמַר וַתֶּהִי אֲדֹנָי לֹא צִוָּֽה׃ | 37 |
Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
| מִפִּי עֶלְיוֹן לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעוֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃ | 38 |
Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
| מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן אָדָם חָי גֶּבֶר עַל־חטאו חֲטָאָֽיו׃ | 39 |
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
| נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ וְֽנַחְקֹרָה וְנָשׁוּבָה עַד־יְהוָֽה׃ | 40 |
Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
| נִשָּׂא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל־כַּפָּיִם אֶל־אֵל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 41 |
Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
| נַחְנוּ פָשַׁעְנוּ וּמָרִינוּ אַתָּה לֹא סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ | 42 |
We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.
| סַכֹּתָה בָאַף וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵנוּ הָרַגְתָּ לֹא חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ | 43 |
Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;
| סַכּוֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן לָךְ מֵעֲבוֹר תְּפִלָּֽה׃ | 44 |
Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
| סְחִי וּמָאוֹס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ | 45 |
You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
| פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ | 46 |
The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
| פַּחַד וָפַחַת הָיָה לָנוּ הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃ | 47 |
Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.
| פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ | 48 |
Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| עֵינִי נִגְּרָה וְלֹא תִדְמֶה מֵאֵין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃ | 49 |
My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest,
| עַד־יַשְׁקִיף וְיֵרֶא יְהוָה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 50 |
Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
| עֵינִי עֽוֹלְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי מִכֹּל בְּנוֹת עִירִֽי׃ | 51 |
The Lord is unkind to my soul, more than all the daughters of my town.
| צוֹד צָדוּנִי כַּצִּפּוֹר אֹיְבַי חִנָּֽם׃ | 52 |
They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
| צָֽמְתוּ בַבּוֹר חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ־אֶבֶן בִּֽי׃ | 53 |
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
| צָֽפוּ־מַיִם עַל־רֹאשִׁי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ | 54 |
Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
| קָרָאתִי שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה מִבּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃ | 55 |
I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
| קוֹלִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵם אָזְנְךָ לְרַוְחָתִי לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃ | 56 |
My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
| קָרַבְתָּ בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָאֶךָּ אָמַרְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 57 |
You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
| רַבְתָּ אֲדֹנָי רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי גָּאַלְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃ | 58 |
O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
| רָאִיתָה יְהוָה עַוָּתָתִי שָׁפְטָה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 59 |
O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
| רָאִיתָה כָּל־נִקְמָתָם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לִֽי׃ | 60 |
You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.
| שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם יְהוָה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם עָלָֽי׃ | 61 |
Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;
| שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֹנָם עָלַי כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 62 |
The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.
| שִׁבְתָּם וְקִֽימָתָם הַבִּיטָה אֲנִי מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ | 63 |
Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
| תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל יְהוָה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ | 64 |
You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.
| תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מְגִנַּת־לֵב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ לָהֶֽם׃ | 65 |
You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
| תִּרְדֹּף בְּאַף וְתַשְׁמִידֵם מִתַּחַת שְׁמֵי יְהוָֽה׃ | 66 |
You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.
