איכה 3
| אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ | 1 |
I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
| אוֹתִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃ | 2 |
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
| אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדוֹ כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 3 |
Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
| בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעוֹרִי שִׁבַּר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 4 |
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
| בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃ | 5 |
He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
| בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הוֹשִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עוֹלָֽם׃ | 6 |
He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.
| גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ | 7 |
He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy.
| גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ | 8 |
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
| גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּֽה׃ | 9 |
He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
| דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי אריה אֲרִי בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ | 10 |
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
| דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃ | 11 |
He has obstructed my path, and torn me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
| דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתוֹ וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵֽץ׃ | 12 |
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
| הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיוֹתָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to pierce my inward parts.
| הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכָל־עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 14 |
I have become a laughingstock to all peoples, and their song all the day.
| הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ | 15 |
He has filled me with bitterness, he has given me in full measure wormwood.
| וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּֽחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ | 16 |
He has also broken my teeth with gravel; he has pressed me down in the dust.
| וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טוֹבָֽה׃ | 17 |
You have removed my soul far away from peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
| וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתוֹחַלְתִּי מֵיְהוָֽה׃ | 18 |
And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD."
| זְכָר־עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ | 19 |
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
| זָכוֹר תִּזְכּוֹר ותשיח וְתָשׁוֹחַ עָלַי נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 20 |
My soul considers them, and is depressed.
| זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִֽיל׃ | 21 |
But this I call to my mind; therefore I have hope:
| חַֽסְדֵי יְהוָה כִּי לֹא־תָמְנוּ כִּי לֹא־כָלוּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ | 22 |
The LORD's faithful love does not cease; his compassion does not fail.
| חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ | 23 |
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
| חֶלְקִי יְהוָה אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִיל לֽוֹ׃ | 24 |
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
| טוֹב יְהוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃ | 25 |
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
| טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהוָֽה׃ | 26 |
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
| טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ | 27 |
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke while he is young.
| יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָֽיו׃ | 28 |
Let him sit alone and keep silence when he is disciplining him.
| יִתֵּן בֶּֽעָפָר פִּיהוּ אוּלַי יֵשׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃ | 29 |
Let him put his mouth to the dust, there may yet be hope.
| יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ | 30 |
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled with insults.
| כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָֽי׃ | 31 |
For the LORD will not reject forever.
| כִּי אִם־הוֹגָה וְרִחַם כְּרֹב חסדו חֲסָדָֽיו׃ | 32 |
For though he may cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the abundance of his loving kindness.
| כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִבּוֹ וַיַּגֶּה בְנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃ | 33 |
For he is not predisposed to bring affliction or suffering to human beings.
| לְדַכֵּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו כֹּל אֲסִירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ | 34 |
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth;
| לְהַטּוֹת מִשְׁפַּט־גָּבֶר נֶגֶד פְּנֵי עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ | 35 |
to deprive a man of justice before the face of the Most High,
| לְעַוֵּת אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ אֲדֹנָי לֹא רָאָֽה׃ | 36 |
to subvert a man in his cause, the LORD does not approve.
| מִי זֶה אָמַר וַתֶּהִי אֲדֹנָי לֹא צִוָּֽה׃ | 37 |
Who can speak a thing and have it come to pass, unless the LORD has commanded it?
| מִפִּי עֶלְיוֹן לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעוֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃ | 38 |
Doesn't both calamity and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
| מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן אָדָם חָי גֶּבֶר עַל־חטאו חֲטָאָֽיו׃ | 39 |
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
| נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ וְֽנַחְקֹרָה וְנָשׁוּבָה עַד־יְהוָֽה׃ | 40 |
Let us examine and search our ways, and return to the LORD.
| נִשָּׂא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל־כַּפָּיִם אֶל־אֵל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 41 |
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
| נַחְנוּ פָשַׁעְנוּ וּמָרִינוּ אַתָּה לֹא סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ | 42 |
We have transgressed and have rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
| סַכֹּתָה בָאַף וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵנוּ הָרַגְתָּ לֹא חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ | 43 |
You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you killed without sparing.
| סַכּוֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן לָךְ מֵעֲבוֹר תְּפִלָּֽה׃ | 44 |
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
| סְחִי וּמָאוֹס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ | 45 |
You have made us rubbish and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
| פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ | 46 |
All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
| פַּחַד וָפַחַת הָיָה לָנוּ הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃ | 47 |
Fear and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.
| פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ | 48 |
Streams of tears run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| עֵינִי נִגְּרָה וְלֹא תִדְמֶה מֵאֵין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃ | 49 |
My tears flow and do not cease, without respite,
| עַד־יַשְׁקִיף וְיֵרֶא יְהוָה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 50 |
until the LORD looks down and sees from heaven.
| עֵינִי עֽוֹלְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי מִכֹּל בְּנוֹת עִירִֽי׃ | 51 |
My eyes bring my soul grief, because of all the daughters of my city.
| צוֹד צָדוּנִי כַּצִּפּוֹר אֹיְבַי חִנָּֽם׃ | 52 |
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
| צָֽמְתוּ בַבּוֹר חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ־אֶבֶן בִּֽי׃ | 53 |
They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.
| צָֽפוּ־מַיִם עַל־רֹאשִׁי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ | 54 |
Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am finished.'
| קָרָאתִי שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה מִבּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃ | 55 |
I called on your name, LORD, out of the depths of the pit.
| קוֹלִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵם אָזְנְךָ לְרַוְחָתִי לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃ | 56 |
You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry.
| קָרַבְתָּ בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָאֶךָּ אָמַרְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 57 |
You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, "Do not be afraid."
| רַבְתָּ אֲדֹנָי רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי גָּאַלְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃ | 58 |
LORD, you have taken up the case for my soul; you have redeemed my life.
| רָאִיתָה יְהוָה עַוָּתָתִי שָׁפְטָה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 59 |
You have seen, LORD, the wrong done to me; judge my case.
| רָאִיתָה כָּל־נִקְמָתָם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לִֽי׃ | 60 |
You have seen all their vengeance and all their plots against me.
| שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם יְהוָה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם עָלָֽי׃ | 61 |
You have heard their insults, LORD, and all their plots against me.
| שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֹנָם עָלַי כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 62 |
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
| שִׁבְתָּם וְקִֽימָתָם הַבִּיטָה אֲנִי מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ | 63 |
Look their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their mocking song.
| תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל יְהוָה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ | 64 |
You will render to them what they deserve, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
| תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מְגִנַּת־לֵב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ לָהֶֽם׃ | 65 |
You will give them hardness of heart as your curse to them.
| תִּרְדֹּף בְּאַף וְתַשְׁמִידֵם מִתַּחַת שְׁמֵי יְהוָֽה׃ | 66 |
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
