Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3 Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4 He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5 He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7 He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8 Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10 [is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *QK) in hiding places.
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
11 Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12 He has bent bow his and he has set up me like target for arrow.
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 shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14 I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15 He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16 And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17 And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18 And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
19 Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20 Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *QK) on me self my.
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21 This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
22 [the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
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.
“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25 [is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *QK) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 [is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
27 [is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
29 Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30 Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31 For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *QK)
For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33 For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved [the] children of a man.
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
to turn away the right 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 subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
37 Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
38 From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39 Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *QK)
Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
41 Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43 You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44 You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45 Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
46 They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47 Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
48 Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
My eye runs down with streams 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.
My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
50 Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
51 Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53 They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54 They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
55 I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
I called on your name, Yahweh, 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: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57 You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
58 You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
59 You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60 You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
61 You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
62 [the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63 Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
64 You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
65 You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
66 You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
