Lamentations 3
1 I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his
I am the man who has experienced suffering under the rod of God's anger.
2 [obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light
He has driven me away, forcing me to walk in darkness instead of the light.
3 surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day
In fact he hits me again and again all day long.
4 to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my
He has worn me out; he has broken me in pieces.
5 to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship
He has besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and misery.
6 in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity
He has forced me to live in darkness like those long dead.
7 to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my
He has built a wall around me so I can't escape; he has bound me with heavy chains.
8 also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my
Even when I keep on crying out for help, he refuses to listen to my prayer.
9 to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist
He has put stone blocks in my way and sends me down crooked paths.
10 bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *QK) in/on/with hiding
He is a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding ready to attack,
11 way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated
He dragged me from my path and ripped me to pieces, leaving me helpless.
12 to tread bow his and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow
He loaded his bow with an arrow and used me as his target,
13 to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his
He shot me in my kidneys with his arrows.
14 to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day
Now everyone laughs at me, singing songs that mock me all day long.
15 to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood
He has filled me with bitterness; he has filled me up with bitter wormwood.
16 and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes
He has broken my teeth with grit; he has trampled me in the dust.
17 and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare
Peace has been torn away from me; I've forgotten all that's good in life.
18 and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD
That's why I say, “My expectation of a long life is gone, along with all that I hoped for from Lord.
19 to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison
Don't forget everything I've suffered in my wandering, as bitters as wormwood and poison.
20 to remember to remember (and to sink *QK) upon me soul my
I certainly haven't forgotten. I remember it all too well, so I sink into depression.
21 this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope
But I still hope when I think about this:
22 kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his
It's because of the Lord's trustworthy love that our lives are not finished, for through his merciful actions he never lets us down.
23 new to/for morning many faithfulness your
He renews them every morning. How wonderfully trustworthy you are, Lord!
24 portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him
The Lord is all I need,” I tell myself, “so I will put my hope in him.”
25 pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *QK) to/for soul to seek him
The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to anyone who seeks to follow him.
26 pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD
It is good to wait quietly for the Lord's salvation.
27 pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his
It is good for people to learn to patiently bear discipline while they're still young.
28 to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him
They should sit by themselves in silence, because it's God who has disciplined them.
29 to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope
They should bow low with their faces to the ground, for there may still be hope.
30 to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach
They should turn a cheek to someone who wants to slap them; they should take the insults of others.
31 for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord
For the Lord won't abandon us forever.
32 that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *QK)
Even though he may bring sadness, he shows us mercy because his trustworthy love is so great.
33 for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer son: child man
For he doesn't willingly hurt people, or cause them grief.
34 to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet
Whether it's mistreating all the prisoners of the land,
35 to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High
Or denying someone their rights as the Most High watches,
36 to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select
Or cheating someone in their legal case—these things the Lord doesn't approve of.
37 who? this to say and to be Lord not to command
Who spoke and it came into existence? Wasn't it the Lord who commanded it?
38 from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant
When the Most High speaks it can be a disaster or a blessing.
39 what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *QK)
Why should any human being complain about the results of their sins?
40 to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD
We should look at ourselves, examine what we're doing, and return to the Lord.
41 to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven
Let's not just hold up our hands to God in heaven, but our minds as well, saying,
42 we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive
“We are the ones who sinned; we are the ones who rebelled; and you haven't forgiven us!”
43 to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare
You have wrapped yourself in anger and chased us down, killing without mercy. You have killed without pity.
44 to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer
You have wrapped yourself with a cloud that no prayer can penetrate.
45 offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people
You have made us waste and refuse to the nations around.
46 to open upon us lip their all enemy our
All our enemies open their mouths to criticize us.
47 dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking
We're terrified and trapped, devastated and destroyed.
48 stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my
Tears stream from my eyes over the death of my people.
49 eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation
My eyes overflow with tears all the time. They won't stop
50 till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven
Until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what's going on.
51 eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my
What I've seen torments me because of what's happened to all the women in my city.
52 to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing
For no reason my enemies trapped me like a bird.
53 to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me
They tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.
54 to flow water upon head my to say to cut
Water flooded over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
55 to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower
I called out for you, Lord, from deep inside the pit.
56 voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my
You heard me when I prayed, “Please don't ignore my cry for help.”
57 to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear
You came to me when I called you, and you told me, “Don't be afraid!”
58 to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my
You have taken my case and defended me; you have saved my life!
59 to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my
Lord, you have seen the injustices done to me; please vindicate me!
60 to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me
You have observed how vengeful they are and how often they've plotted against me.
61 to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me
Lord, you have heard how they've insulted me, and what they've plotted against me,
62 lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day
How my enemies talk against me and complain about me all the time!
63 seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their
Just look! Whether they're sitting down and or standing up, they go on making fun of me in their songs.
64 to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their
Pay them back as they deserve, Lord, for all they've done!
65 to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them
Give them a covering for their minds! May your curse be on them!
66 to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD
Chase them down in your anger, Lord, and get rid of them from the earth!
