Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
ALEPH. I am the man that sees poverty, through the rod of his wrath upon me.
2 Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not [into] light.
3 Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.
4 He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
5 He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail [upon me].
6 In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
7 He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
He has builded against me, and I can’t come forth: he has made my brazen [chain] heavy.
8 Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
GIMEL. Yes, [though] I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
DALETH. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;
10 [is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *QK) in hiding places.
he has troubled me, [as] a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me [as] a lion in secret places.
11 Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
He pursued [me] after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me.
12 He has bent bow his and he has set up me like target for arrow.
HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
I became a laughing stock to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
VAU. He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me with gall.
16 And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes.
17 And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity.
18 And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord.
19 Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;
20 Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *QK) on me self my.
and my soul shall meditate with me.
21 This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
This will I lay up in my heart, therefore I will endure.
22 [the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
HETH. [It is] the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity [us], O Lord, early [every] month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted.
23 [they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.
[They are] new every morning: great is your faithfulness.
24 [is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.
The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I wait for him.
25 [is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *QK) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him
26 [is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
[is] good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord.
27 [is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
TETH. [It is] good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne [it] upon him.
29 Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
30 Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
JOD. He will give [his] cheek to him that smites him: he will be filled full with reproaches.
31 For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
For the Lord will not reject for ever.
32 That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *QK)
CHAPH. For he that has brought down will pity, and [that] according to the abundance of his mercy.
33 For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved [the] children of a man.
He has not answered [in anger] from his heart, though he has brought low the children of a man.
34 To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
LAMED. To bring down under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 To subvert anyone in case at law his [the] Lord not he has seen.
to condemn a man [unjustly] in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment.
37 Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.
38 From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
Out of the mouth of the Most High there shall not come forth evil and good.
39 Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *QK)
MEM. Why should a living man complain, a man concerning his sin?
40 Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our hearts with [our] hand to the lofty One in heaven.
42 We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
We have sinned, we have transgressed; and you have not pardoned.
43 You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
SAMECH. You has visited [us] in wrath, and driven us away: you has slain, you has not pitied.
44 You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
You have veiled yourself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind,
45 Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
and be cast off. AIN. You have set us [alone] in the midst of the nations.
46 They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
47 Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction.
48 Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Eye my it has poured itself and not it will cease from not stop.
PHE. Mine eye is drowned [with tears], and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest,
50 Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city.
52 Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
TSADE. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause,
53 They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
and laid a stone upon me.
54 They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.
55 I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
KOPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon.
56 Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.
You heard my voice: close not your ears to my supplication.
57 You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
You drew near to my help: in the day wherein I called upon you you said to me, Fear not.
58 You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
RECHS. O Lord, you has pleaded the causes of my soul; you has redeemed my life.
59 You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
You have seen, O Lord, my troubles: you have judged my cause.
60 You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
You have seen all their vengeance, [you have looked] on all their devices against me.
61 You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
CHSEN. You have heard their reproach [and] all their devices against me;
62 [the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
the lips of them that rose up against me, and their plots against me all the day;
63 Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
their sitting down and their rising up: look you upon their eyes.
64 You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
You will render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
65 You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
THAU. You will give them [as] a covering, the grief of my heart.
66 You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
You will persecute them in anger, and will consume them from under the heaven, O Lord.
