Lamentations 3:1 ¶ I am the man1397 that has seen7200 affliction6040 by the rod7626 of his wrath.56782 He has led5090 me and caused3212 me to walk in darkness,2822 and not in light.2163 Surely against me he turns7725 his hand3027 again2015 and again all the day.31174 My flesh1320 and my skin5785 has he made old;1086 he has broken7665 my bones.61065 He has built against1129 me, and surrounded5362 me with gall7219 and travail.85136 He has made3427 me to dwell in dark places,4285 as those that have been long5769 dead.41917 He has walled1443 me about, that I can't go forth;3318 he has made my chain5178 heavy.35138 Yes, when I cry,2199 and call2199 for help, he shuts out5640 my prayer.86059 He has walled1443 up my ways1870 with cut stone;1496 he has made my paths5410 crooked.575310 He is to me as a bear1677 lying in wait,693 as a lion738 in secret places.456511 He has turned aside5493 my ways,1870 and pulled me in pieces;6582 he has made7760 me desolate.807412 He has bent1869 his bow,7198 and set5324 me as a mark4307 for the arrow.267113 He has caused the shafts1121 of his quiver827 to enter935 into my kidneys.362914 I am become a derision7814 to all my people,5971 and their song5058 all the day.311715 He has filled7646 me with bitterness,4844 he has sated7301 me with wormwood.393916 He has also broken1638 my teeth8127 with gravel stones;2687 he has covered3728 me with ashes.66517 You have removed2186 my soul5315 far off2186 from peace;7965 I forgot5382 prosperity.289618 I said,559 My strength5331 is perished,6 and my expectation8431 from Yahweh.306819 Remember2142 my affliction6040 and my misery,4788 the wormwood3939 and the gall.721920 My soul5315 still2142 remembers them, and is bowed down7743 within me.
21 This I recall7725 to my mind;3820 therefore have I hope.317622 It is because of Yahweh's3068 loving kindnesses2617 that we are not consumed,8552 because his compassion7356 doesn't fail.361523 They are new2319 every morning;1242 great7227 is your faithfulness.53024 Yahweh3068 is my portion,2506 says559 my soul;5315 therefore will I hope3176 in him.
25 Yahweh3068 is good2896 to those who wait6960 for him, to the soul5315 that seeks1875 him.
26 It is good2896 that a man should hope3175 and quietly wait1748 for the salvation8668 of Yahweh.306827 It is good2896 for a man1397 that he bear5375 the yoke5923 in his youth.527128 Let him sit3427 alone910 and keep silence,1826 because he has laid5190 it on him.
29 Let him put his mouth6310 in the dust,6083 if so be3426 there may be3426 hope.861530 Let him give5414 his cheek3895 to him who strikes5221 him; let him be filled full7646 with reproach.278131 For the Lord136 will not cast off2186 forever.576932 For though he cause grief,3013 yet he will have compassion7355 according to the multitude7230 of his loving kindnesses.261733 For he does not afflict6031 willingly,3820 nor grieve3013 the children1121 of men.37634 To crush1792 under foot7272 all the prisoners615 of the earth,77635 To turn aside5186 the right4941 of a man1397 before the face6440 of the Most High,594536 To subvert5791 a man120 in his cause,7379 the Lord136 doesn't approve.720037 Who is he who says,559 and it comes to pass, when the Lord136 doesn't command6680 it?
38 Doesn't evil7451 and good2896 come3318 out of the mouth6310 of the Most High?594539 Why does a living2416 man120 complain,596 a man1397 for the punishment of his sins?2399
Lamentations 3:40 ¶ Let us search2664 and try2713 our ways,1870 and turn again7725 to Yahweh.306841 Let us lift up5375 our heart3824 with our hands3709 to God410{The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} in the heavens.806442 We5168 have transgressed6586 and have rebelled;4784 you have not pardoned.554543 You have covered5526 with anger639 and pursued7291 us; you have killed,2026 you have not pitied.255044 You have covered5526 yourself with a cloud,6051 so that no prayer8605 can pass through.567445 You have made7760 us an off-scouring5501 and refuse3973 in the midst7130 of the peoples.597146 All our enemies341 have opened6475 their mouth6310 wide against us.
47 Fear6343 and the pit6354 have come on us, devastation7612 and destruction.766748 My eye5869 runs down3381 with streams6388 of water,4325 for the destruction7667 of the daughter1323 of my people.597149 My eye5869 pours down,5064 and doesn't cease,1820 without any intermission,201450 Until Yahweh3068 look down,8259 and see7200 from heaven.806451 My eye5869 affects5953 my soul,5315 because of all the daughters1323 of my city.589252 They have chased6679 me relentlessly6679 like a bird,6833 those who are my enemies341 without cause.260053 They have cut off6789 my life2416 in the dungeon,953 and have cast3034 a stone68 on me.
54 Waters4325 flowed over6687 my head;7218 I said,559 I am cut off.1504
Lamentations 3:55 ¶ I called7121 on your name,8034 Yahweh,3068 out of the lowest8482 dungeon.95356 You heard8085 my voice;6963 don't hide5956 your ear241 at my breathing,7309 at my cry.777557 You drew near7126 in the day3117 that I called7121 on you; you said,559 Don't be afraid.337258 Lord,136 you have pleaded7378 the causes7379 of my soul;5315 you have redeemed1350 my life.241659 Yahweh,3068 you have seen7200 my wrong.5792 Judge8199 my cause.494160 You have seen7200 all their vengeance5360 and all their devices4284 against me.
61 You have heard8085 their reproach,2781 Yahweh,3068 and all their devices4284 against me,
62 The lips8193 of those that rose up6965 against me, and their device1902 against me all the day.311763 You see5027 their sitting down,3427 and their rising up;7012 I am their song.448564 You will render7725 to them a recompense,1576 Yahweh,3068 according to the work4639 of their hands.302765 You will give5414 them hardness4044 of heart,3820 your curse8381 to them.
66 You will pursue7291 them in anger,639 and destroy8045 them from under the heavens8064 of Yahweh.3068