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 Because of the rod of His wrath.
2He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.2He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
3Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.3Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
4He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.4He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
5He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.5He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.
6He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.6In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.
7He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.7He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.
8Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.8Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.9He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
10He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.10He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.
11He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.
12He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.12He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
13He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.13He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.
14I have become the ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day.14I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day.
15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.
16He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.16He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust.
17You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.17My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
18And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.”18So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD."
19Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.19Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.
20My soul still remembers And sinks within me.20Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.
21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.
22Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.22The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions 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 have 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 person who seeks Him.
26It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.26It is good that he waits silently 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 that he should bear The yoke in his youth.
28Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;28Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust— There may yet be hope.29Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope.
30Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.30Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach.
31For the Lord will not cast off forever.31For the Lord will not reject forever,
32Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.32For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness.
33For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.33For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men.
34To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,34To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land,
35To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,35To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,
36Or subvert a man in his cause— The Lord does not approve.36To defraud a man in his lawsuit-- Of these things the Lord does not approve.
37Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?37Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?
38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?
39Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?39Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins?
40Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD;40Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.
41Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.41We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;
42We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.42We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned.
43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared.
44You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.44You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through.
45You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.45You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
46All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.47Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;
48My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption,49My eyes pour down unceasingly, Without stopping,
50Till the LORD from heaven Looks down and sees.50Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven.
51My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.51My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.
52My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.52My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird;
53They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.53They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
54The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”54Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"
55I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit.55I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit.
56You have heard my voice: “Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help.”56You have heard my voice, "Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help."
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 fear!"
58O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.58O Lord, You have pleaded my soul's cause; You have redeemed my life.
59O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.59O LORD, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case.
60You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.60You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.
61You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me,61You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me.
62The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.62The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long.
63Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.63Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.
64Repay them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.64You will recompense them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.
65Give them a veiled heart; Your curse be upon them!65You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them.
66In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD.66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD!
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