Lamentations 3
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1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
2He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.6He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.12He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14I have become the ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day.14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
17You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.”18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
19Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul still remembers And sinks within me.20Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.21Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
22Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
23They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.23They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
26It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
28Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;28Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust— There may yet be hope.29Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
30Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
31For the Lord will not cast off forever.31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
32Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
33For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.33For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
34To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,34To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
35To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,35to deny a man justice before the Most High,
36Or subvert a man in his cause— The Lord does not approve.36to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
37Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?39Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
40Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD;40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
41Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.42“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
44You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
45You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.46All our enemies open their mouths against us.
47Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.47Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
48My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption,49My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
50Till the LORD from heaven Looks down and sees.50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
51My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.51My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
52My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.52Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
54The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”54The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
55I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit.55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
56You have heard my voice: “Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help.”56You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
57You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, “Do not fear!”57You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
58O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.58You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
59O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.59You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
60You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.60You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.
61You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me,61O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.62the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
63Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.63When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
64Repay them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.64You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65Give them a veiled heart; Your curse be upon them!65Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
66In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD.66You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
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