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Lamentations 3 (WEBP)

[1] I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
[2] He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
[3] Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
[4] He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
[5] He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
[6] He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
[7] He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
[8] Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
[9] He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
[10] He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
[11] He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
[12] He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
[13] He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
[14] I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
[15] He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
[16] He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
[17] You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
[18] I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
[19] Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
[20] My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
[21] This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
[22] It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
[23] They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
[24] “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
[25] Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
[26] It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
[27] It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
[28] Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
[29] Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
[30] Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
[31] For the Lord will not cast off forever.
[32] For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
[33] For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
[34] To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
[35] to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
[36] to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
[37] Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
[38] Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
[39] Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
[40] Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
[41] Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
[42] “We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
[43] “You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
[44] You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
[45] You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
[46] “All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
[47] Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
[48] My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
[49] My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
[50] until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
[51] My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
[52] They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
[53] They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
[54] Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
[55] I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
[56] You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
[57] You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
[58] Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
[59] Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
[60] You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
[61] You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
[62] the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
[63] You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
[64] You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
[65] You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
[66] You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

Lamentations 3:41 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Lamentations 3 (KJVS)

[1] I [am] the man [that] hath seen () affliction by the rod of his wrath .
[2] He hath led () me, and brought () [me into] darkness , but not [into] light .
[3] Surely against me is he turned (); he turneth () his hand [against me] all the day .
[4] My flesh and my skin hath he made old (); he hath broken () my bones .
[5] He hath builded against () me, and compassed () [me] with gall and travail .
[6] He hath set () me in dark places , as [they that be] dead () of old .
[7] He hath hedged () me about, that I cannot get out (): he hath made my chain heavy ().
[8] Also when I cry () and shout (), he shutteth out () my prayer .
[9] He hath inclosed () my ways with hewn stone , he hath made my paths crooked ().
[10] He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait (), [and as] a lion in secret places .
[11] He hath turned aside () my ways , and pulled me in pieces (): he hath made () me desolate ().
[12] He hath bent () his bow , and set () me as a mark for the arrow .
[13] He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter () into my reins .
[14] I was a derision to all my people ; [and] their song all the day .
[15] He hath filled () me with bitterness , he hath made me drunken () with wormwood .
[16] He hath also broken () my teeth with gravel stones , he hath covered () me with ashes .
[17] And thou hast removed my soul far off () from peace : I forgat () prosperity .
[18] And I said (), My strength and my hope is perished () from the LORD :
[19] Remembering () mine affliction and my misery , the wormwood and the gall .
[20] My soul hath [them] still () in remembrance (), and is humbled () in me.
[21] This I recall () to my mind , therefore have I hope ().
[22] [It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed (), because his compassions fail () not.
[23] [They are] new every morning : great [is] thy faithfulness .
[24] The LORD [is] my portion , saith () my soul ; therefore will I hope () in him.
[25] The LORD [is] good unto them that wait () for him, to the soul [that] seeketh () him.
[26] [It is] good that [a man] should both hope () () and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD .
[27] [It is] good for a man that he bear () the yoke in his youth .
[28] He sitteth () alone and keepeth silence (), because he hath borne () [it] upon him.
[29] He putteth () his mouth in the dust ; if so be there may be hope .
[30] He giveth () [his] cheek to him that smiteth () him: he is filled full () with reproach .
[31] For the Lord will not cast off () for ever :
[32] But though he cause grief (), yet will he have compassion () according to the multitude of his mercies .
[33] For he doth not afflict () willingly nor grieve () the children of men .
[34] To crush () under his feet all the prisoners of the earth ,
[35] 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 approveth () not.
[37] Who [is] he [that] saith (), and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth () [it] not?
[38] Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth () not evil and good ?
[39] Wherefore doth a living man complain (), a man for the punishment of his sins ?
[40] Let us search () and try () our ways , and turn again () to the LORD .
[41] Let us lift up () our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens .
[42] We have transgressed () and have rebelled (): thou hast not pardoned ().
[43] Thou hast covered () with anger , and persecuted () us: thou hast slain (), thou hast not pitied ().
[44] Thou hast covered () thyself with a cloud , that [our] prayer should not pass through ().
[45] Thou hast made () us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people .
[46] All our enemies () have opened () their mouths against us.
[47] Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction .
[48] Mine eye runneth down () with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people .
[49] Mine eye trickleth down (), and ceaseth () not, without any intermission ,
[50] Till the LORD look down (), and behold () from heaven .
[51] Mine eye affecteth () mine heart because of all the daughters of my city .
[52] Mine enemies () chased () me sore (), like a bird , without cause .
[53] They have cut off () my life in the dungeon , and cast () a stone upon me.
[54] Waters flowed over () mine head ; [then] I said (), I am cut off ().
[55] I called () upon thy name , O LORD , out of the low dungeon .
[56] Thou hast heard () my voice : hide () not thine ear at my breathing , at my cry .
[57] Thou drewest near () in the day [that] I called () upon thee: thou saidst (), Fear () not.
[58] O Lord , thou hast pleaded () the causes of my soul ; thou hast redeemed () my life .
[59] O LORD , thou hast seen () my wrong : judge () thou my cause .
[60] Thou hast seen () all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.
[61] Thou hast heard () their reproach , O LORD , [and] all their imaginations against me;
[62] The lips of those that rose up () against me, and their device against me all the day .
[63] Behold () their sitting down (), and their rising up ; I [am] their musick .
[64] Render () unto them a recompence , O LORD , according to the work of their hands .
[65] Give () them sorrow of heart , thy curse unto them.
[66] Persecute () and destroy () them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD .

Young’s Literal Translation

Lamentations 3 (YLT)

[1] I am the man who hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
[2] Me He hath led, and causeth to go in darkness, and without light.
[3] Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
[4] He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
[5] He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
[6] In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
[7] He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
[8] Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
[9] He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
[10] A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
[11] My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
[12] He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
[13] He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
[14] I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
[15] He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me with wormwood.
[16] And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
[17] And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
[18] And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
[19] Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
[20] Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
[21] This I turn to my heart-therefore I hope.
[22] The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
[23] New every morning, abundant is thy faithfulness.
[24] My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
[25] Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.
[26] Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
[27] Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
[28] He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.
[29] He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
[30] He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
[31] For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
[32] For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
[33] For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
[34] To bruise under one’s feet any bound ones of earth,
[35] To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
[36] To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
[37] Who is this-he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it?
[38] From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
[39] What-sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
[40] We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
[41] We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
[42] We-we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou-Thou hast not forgiven.
[43] Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain-Thou hast not pitied.
[44] Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
[45] Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
[46] Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
[47] Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
[48] Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
[49] Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
[50] Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,
[51] My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
[52] Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
[53] They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
[54] Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
[55] I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
[56] My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing-at my cry.
[57] Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
[58] Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
[59] Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
[60] Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
[61] Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
[62] The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
[63] Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I am their song.
[64] Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
[65] Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
[66] Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!