Lamentations 3

1I am the manH1397 that hath seenH7200 affliction by the rodH7626 of his wrathH5678.2He hath ledH5090 me and caused me to walk in darknessH2822, and not in lightH216.3SurelyH389 against me he turneth his handH3027 again and again all the dayH3117.4My fleshH1320 and my skinH5785 hath he made old; he hath brokenH7665 my bonesH6106.5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.6He hath made me to dwellH3427 in darkH4285 placesH4285, as those that have been longH5769 deadH4191.7He hath walledH1443 me about, that I cannot goH3318 forthH3318; he hath madeH3513 my chain heavyH3513.8Yea, when I cryH2199, and call for helpH7768, he shutteth out my prayerH8605.9He hath walledH1443 up my waysH1870 with hewnH1496 stoneH1496; he hath made my pathsH5410 crooked.10He is unto me as a bearH1677 lyingH693 in waitH693, as a lionH738 in secretH4565 placesH4565.11He hath turnedH5493 asideH5493 my waysH1870, and pulled me in pieces; he hath madeH7760 me desolateH8076.12He hath bentH1869 his bowH7198, and setH5324 me as a mark for the arrowH2671.13He hath caused the shafts of his quiverH827 to enter into my reins.14I amH1961 becomeH1961 a derision to all my peopleH5971, and their songH5058 all the dayH3117.15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwoodH3939.16He hath also broken my teethH8127 with gravelH2687 stones; he hath covered me with ashesH665.17And thou hast removed my soulH5315 far off from peaceH7965; I forgat prosperity.18And I saidH559, My strength is perishedH6, and mine expectation from Jehovah.19RememberH2142 mine affliction and my misery, the wormwoodH3939 and the gall.20My soulH5315 hath them still in remembranceH2142, and is bowed downH7743 within me.21This I recall to my mind; thereforeH3651 have I hopeH3176.22It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassionsH7356 failH3615 not.23They are newH2319 every morningH1242; greatH7227 is thy faithfulnessH530.24Jehovah is my portionH2506, saith my soulH5315; thereforeH3651 will I hopeH3176 in him.25Jehovah is goodH2896 unto them that waitH6960 for him, to the soulH5315 that seeketh him.26It is goodH2896 that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvationH8668 of Jehovah.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he bearH5375 the yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him sitH3427 aloneH910 and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.29Let him putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the dustH6083, if so be there may be hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his cheekH3895 to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproachH2781.31For the LordH136 will not cast off for everH5769.32For though he cause griefH3013, yet will he have compassionH7355 according to the multitudeH7230 of his lovingkindnesses.33For he doth not afflictH6031 willingly, nor grieve the children of menH376.34To crushH1792 under footH7272 all the prisonersH615 of the earthH776,35To turnH5186 asideH5186 the rightH4941 of a manH1397 before the faceH6440 of the Most High,36To subvert a manH120 in his causeH7379, the LordH136 approveth not.37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the LordH136 commandeth it not?38Out of the mouthH6310 of the Most High cometh there not evilH7451 and goodH2896?39Wherefore doth a living manH120 complainH596, a manH120 for the punishment of his sinsH2399?40Let us searchH2713 and try our waysH1870, and turnH7725 again to Jehovah.41Let us liftH5375 up our heartH3824 with our handsH3709 unto GodH410 in the heavensH8064.42We have transgressedH6586 and have rebelledH4784; thou hast not pardoned.43Thou hast covered with angerH639 and pursuedH7291 us; thou hast slainH2026, thou hast not pitied.44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloudH6051, so that no prayerH8605 can passH5674 through.45Thou hast madeH7760 us an offscouring and refuse in the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46All our enemiesH341 have openedH6475 their mouthH6310 wide against us.47FearH6343 and the pitH6354 areH1961 come upon us, devastation and destructionH7667.48Mine eyeH5869 runneth downH3381 with streamsH6388 of waterH4325, for the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.49Mine eyeH5869 poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,50Till Jehovah lookH7200 down, and behold from heavenH8064.51Mine eyeH5869 affecteth my soulH5315, because of all the daughtersH1323 of my cityH5892.52They have chased me sore like a birdH6833, they that are mine enemiesH341 without causeH2600.53They have cut off my lifeH2416 in the dungeon, and have cast a stoneH68 upon me.54WatersH4325 flowed over my headH7218; I saidH559, I am cutH1504 off.55I calledH7121 upon thy nameH8034, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.56Thou heardest my voiceH6963; hideH5956 not thine earH241 at my breathing, at my cryH7775.57Thou drewest near in the dayH3117 that I calledH7121 upon thee; thou saidst, FearH3372 not.58O LordH136, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soulH5315; thou hast redeemedH1350 my lifeH5315.59O Jehovah, thou hast seenH7200 my wrong; judgeH8199 thou my cause.60Thou hast seenH7200 all their vengeanceH5360 and all their devices against me.61Thou hast heardH8085 their reproachH2781, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,62The lipsH8193 of those that roseH6965 up against me, and their device against me all the dayH3117.63Behold thou their sittingH3427 downH3427, and their rising up; I am their song.64Thou wilt render unto them a recompenseH1576, O Jehovah, according to the workH4639 of their handsH3027.65Thou wilt giveH5414 them hardness of heartH3820, thy curse unto them.66Thou wilt pursueH7291 them in angerH639, and destroyH8045 them from under the heavensH8064 of Jehovah.