Lamentations 3
1 I [, the one who am writing this, ] am a man who has been afflicted/punished [MTY] by Yahweh because he was angry.
I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
2 [It was as though] he caused me to walk in a very dark place without any light [at all].
Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
3 He has punished [IDM] me many times, all day, [every] day.
Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
4 He has caused my skin and my flesh to become old. He has broken my bones.
He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
5 He has surrounded me [DOU] with bitterness and suffering.
He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
6 [It is as though] he has buried me in a dark place like [SIM] [the graves of] those who have been dead for a long time.
In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
7 [It is as though] [MET] he has built a wall around me, and fastened/tied me with heavy chains, and I cannot escape.
He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
8 Although I call out and cry out for him to help me, he does not pay attention to my prayers.
Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
9 [It is as though] he has blocked my path with a [high] stone [wall] and has caused my path to become crooked.
He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
10 He has waited to attack me like [SIM] a bear or a lion hides and waits [to attack other animals].
[is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *QK) in hiding places.
11 [It is as though] he has dragged me off the path and (mauled me/torn me into pieces), and left me without help.
Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
12 [It is as though] [MET] he bent his bow and caused me to become the target [at which he shot] his arrows.
He has bent bow his and he has set up me like target for arrow.
13 [It is as though] he shot his arrows deep into my body.
He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.
14 All my relatives laugh at me; all day, [every] day they sing songs that make fun of me.
I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
15 He has filled me with (bitterness/great suffering), [like] [MET] someone who drinks a very bitter liquid suffers.
He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
16 [It is as though] he has caused me to chew gravel that broke my teeth, and he has trampled me in the dirt.
And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
17 Things no longer go well for me; I no longer remember being prosperous.
And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
18 I [continued to] say [to myself], “I no longer expect to live much longer; I no longer confidently expect [to receive good things] from Yahweh!”
And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
19 When I think about my suffering and my wandering [away from home], [it is like drinking] a very bitter [DOU] liquid.
Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
20 I will never forget this time when I feel very depressed/discouraged [IDM].
Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *QK) on me self my.
21 However, I confidently expect [Yahweh to do good things for me again] when I think about this:
This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
22 Yahweh never stops faithfully loving [us], and he never stops being kind to us.
[the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
23 [He is the one whom we can] always trust/lean on. Every morning he is merciful [to us again].
[they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.
24 [So] I say to myself, “Yahweh is all that I need; so I will confidently wait for him [to do good things for me].”
[is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.
25 Yahweh is good to [all] those who depend on him, to those who seek his [help].
[is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *QK) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
26 [So] it is good for us to wait quietly for Yahweh to save/rescue [us].
[is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
27 And it is good for us to [patiently] endure [suffering] while we are young.
[is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
28 Those [who seek his help] should sit by themselves, silently, [knowing that] it is Yahweh who has allowed/caused them to suffer.
Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
29 They should lie in the dirt, with their faces on the ground, [because] they can still hope [that Yahweh will help them].
Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
30 If someone strikes us on one cheek, we should turn the other cheek toward that person [in order that he may strike it, too], and accept/endure it when we are insulted.
Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
31 Yahweh does not abandon [us his people] forever.
For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
32 Sometimes he causes us to suffer, but sometimes he is kind [to us] because he continually and faithfully loves [us].
That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *QK)
33 And he is not happy about causing human beings to suffer or to be sad.
For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved [the] children of a man.
34 If people (mistreat all the prisoners/crush all the prisoners under their feet)
To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
35 or if they rebel against God by refusing to give to people the things that it is right for them [to receive],
To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
36 or if they cause judges to decide matters unjustly, (does Yahweh not see all those things?/Yahweh certainly sees all those things!) [RHQ]
To subvert anyone in case at law his [the] Lord not he has seen.
37 No one can [RHQ] command something to happen [and then cause it to happen] if Yahweh has not already decided that it should happen.
Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
38 God in heaven [MTY] is [RHQ] the one who causes disasters to happen, and he [also] causes good things to happen.
From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
39 [So] it is certainly not [RHQ] right for us, who are only humans, to complain when he punishes us for the sins that we have committed.
Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *QK)
40 Instead, we should (examine/think carefully about) our behavior; we should turn back to Yahweh.
Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
41 We should pray [IDM] sincerely and lift up our arms toward God in heaven, [and say, ]
Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
42 “We have sinned and rebelled [against you], and you have not forgiven [us].
We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
43 You have surrounded us with your anger and pursued us; you have slaughtered [us] without pitying us.
You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
44 You have hidden yourself in a cloud, with the result that you do not hear [us] when we pray.
You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
45 You have caused [the people of other] nations to consider us to be only garbage [DOU].
Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have insulted us.
They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
47 We are constantly afraid [DOU], [because] we have experienced disasters and ruin [DOU].”
Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
48 I cry a lot because my people have been destroyed.
Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
49 My tears continually flow; they will not stop
Eye my it has poured itself and not it will cease from not stop.
50 until Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees [us].
Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
51 I am very grieved because of [what has happened to] the women of my city.
Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
52 Those who are my enemies hunted for me like [SIM] [people hunt for] a bird [to kill it] [even though] there was no reason [for them to do that].
Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
53 They threw me into a pit to kill me, and they threw stones on top of me.
They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
54 The water [in the pit] rose above my head, and I said [to myself], “I am about to die/drown!”
They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
55 But from the bottom of the pit I cried out to you [MTY], “Yahweh, [help me]!”
I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
56 I pleaded with you, “Do not refuse to heed [MTY] me while I cry out to you!”
Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.
57 Then you answered me and said, “Do not be afraid!”
You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
58 Yahweh, you defended me; you did not allow me to die.
You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
59 [Now], Yahweh, you have seen the evil things that my enemies have done to me, [so] decide my case [and show that I am right]!
You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
60 You know the evil things that they have planned to do to me.
You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
61 Yahweh, you have heard them insult [me] and what they have planned to do to me.
You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
62 Every day they whisper and mutter things about me, all day long.
[the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
63 Look at them! Whether they are standing or sitting they make fun of me with the songs that they sing.
Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
64 Yahweh, cause them to suffer in return for their causing [me] to suffer!
You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
65 Curse them [IDM] [for] their being very stubborn [IDM].
You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
66 Because you are angry with them, pursue them and get rid of them, [until none of them remain] on the earth.
You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
