Lamentations 3:1-36

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.