Lamentations 3

1I am the manH1397 that hath seenH7200 affliction by the rodH7626 of his wrathH5678. 2Me hath he ledH5090, and brought into darknessH2822, and not into lightH216. 3SurelyH389 against me hath he turnedH2015 again and again his handH3027 all the dayH3117. 4My fleshH1320 and my skinH5785 hath he wasted away, he hath brokenH7665 my bonesH6106. 5He hath builtH1129 against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil. 6He hath made me to dwellH3427 in darkH4285 placesH4285 as those that have been longH5769 deadH4191. 7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath madeH3513 my chain heavyH3513. 8Even when I cryH2199 and shout, he shutteth out my prayerH8605. 9He hath inclosed my waysH1870 with hewnH1496 stoneH1496, he hath made my pathsH5410 crooked. 10He is unto me [as] a bearH1677 lyingH693 in waitH693, 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 arrows of his quiverH827 to enter into my reins. 14I amH1961 becomeH1961 a derision to all my peopleH5971; their songH5058 all the dayH3117. 15He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk 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 have forgottenH5382 prosperity. 18And I saidH559, My strength is perishedH6, and my hopeH8431 in Jehovah. 19RememberH2142 thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwoodH3939 and the gall. 20My soulH5315 hath [them] constantly in remembranceH2142, and is humbled in me. 21— This I recall to heartH3820, thereforeH3651 have I hopeH3176. 22It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness 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 one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvationH8668 of Jehovah. 27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he bearH5375 the yokeH5923 in his youthH5271: 28He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him; 29he putteth his mouthH6310 in the dustH6083, if so be there may be hopeH8615; 30he giveth his cheekH3895 to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproachH2781. 31For the LordH136 will not cast off for everH5769; 32but if he have caused griefH3013, he will have compassionH7355 according to the multitudeH7230 of his loving-kindnesses: 33for he doth not willingly afflictH6031 or 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 wrong a manH120 in his causeH7379, — will not the LordH136 seeH7200 it? 37Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the LordH136 hath not commandedH6680? 38Out of the mouthH6310 of the Most High doth not there proceed 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 1GodH410 in the heavensH8064. 42We have transgressedH6586 and have rebelledH4784: thou hast not pardoned. 43Thou hast covered thyself with angerH639, and pursuedH7291 us; thou hast slainH2026, thou hast not sparedH2550. 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloudH6051, that prayerH8605 should not passH5674 through. 45Thou hast madeH7760 us the offscouring and refuse in the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971. 46All our enemiesH341 have openedH6475 their mouthH6310 against us. 47FearH6343 and the pitH6354 areH1961 come upon us, devastation and ruinH7667. 48Mine eyeH5869 runneth downH3381 with streamsH6388 of waterH4325 for the ruinH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971. 49Mine eyeH5869 poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50till Jehovah lookH7200 downH8259 and behold from the heavensH8064. 51Mine eyeH5869 affecteth my soulH5315, because of all the daughtersH1323 of my cityH5892. 52They that are mine enemiesH341 without causeH2600 have chased me sore like a birdH6833. 53They have cut off my lifeH2416 in a pitH953, and cast a stoneH68 upon me. 54WatersH4325 streamed over my headH7218; I saidH559, I am cutH1504 off. 55I calledH7121 upon thy nameH8034, Jehovah, out of the lowest pitH953. 56Thou hast heardH8085 my voiceH6963: hideH5956 not thine earH241 at my sighing, at my cryH7775. 57Thou drewest near in the dayH3117 that I calledH7121 upon thee; thou saidst, FearH3372 not. 58LordH136, thou hast pleaded the causeH7379 of my soulH5315, thou hast redeemedH1350 my lifeH5315. 59Jehovah, thou hast seenH7200 my wrong: judgeH8199 thou my cause. 60Thou hast seenH7200 all their vengeanceH5360, all their imaginations against me. 61Thou hast heardH8085 their reproachH2781, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me; 62the lipsH8193 of those that riseH6965 up against me and their meditation against me all the dayH3117. 63Behold thou their sittingH3427 downH3427 and their rising up: I am their song. 64Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the workH4639 of their handsH3027; 65giveH5414 them obduracy of heartH3820, thy curse unto them; 66pursueH7291 them in angerH639, and destroyH8045 them from under the heavensH8064 of Jehovah.