Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
I AM the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light.
He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
Surely against me is he turned; he turns his hand against me all the day.
4 He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
5 He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked.
10 A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate.
12 He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood.
16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes.
17 And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
And you have removed my soul far off from peace: I forgotten about prosperity.
18 And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
My soul has them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I turn to my heart — therefore I hope.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 New every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness.
They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness.
24 My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.
28 He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him.
29 He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
He gives his cheek to him that strikes him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
32 For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approves not.
37 Who [is] this — he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?
38 From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?
39 What — sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
Wherefore does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
41 We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We — we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou — Thou hast not forgiven.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: you have not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain — Thou hast not pitied.
You have covered with anger, and persecuted us: you have slain, you have not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
You have made us as the waste and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
Fear and a snare has come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
Mine eye trickes down, and ceases not, without any intermission.
50 Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
51 My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine eye affects mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
I called upon your name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing — at my cry.
You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
You drew near in the day that I called upon you: you said, Fear not.
58 Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
O LORD, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
59 Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
O LORD, you have seen my wrong: judge you my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
You have seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
You have heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.
64 Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
Give them sorrow of heart, your curse unto them.
66 Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
