Lamentations 3
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Lamentations 3:5-19

5He hasbesiegedבָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛יba.Nah 'a.LaiH1129H5921and encompassedוַיַּקַּ֖ףvai.ya.KafH5362me withbitternessרֹ֥אשׁroshH7219and hardshipוּתְלָאָֽה׃u.te.la.'AhH8513.
6Indarkבְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥יםbe.ma.cha.sha.KimH4285placesH4285He has made me dwellהוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִיho.shi.Va.niH3427,Like those who have longעוֹלָֽם׃ סo.LamH5769been deadכְּמֵתֵ֥יke.me.TeiH4191.
7He haswalledגָּדַ֧רga.DarH1443me in so that I cannotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808goאֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'H3318out;He has madeH3513mychainנְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ne.cha.she.TiH5178heavyהִכְבִּ֥ידhikh.BidH3513.
8Evenגַּ֣םgamH1571whenכִּ֤יkiH3588I cryאֶזְעַק֙'ez.'AkH2199out and callH7768for helpוַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַva.'a.sha.Ve.a'H7768, HeshutsH8365out my prayerתְּפִלָּתִֽי׃te.fi.la.TiH8605.
9He hasblockedגָּדַ֤רga.DarH1443my waysדְּרָכַי֙de.ra.KhaiH1870with hewnבְּגָזִ֔יתbe.ga.ZitH1496stoneH1496;He has madeH5753my pathsנְתִיבֹתַ֖יne.ti.vo.TaiH5410crookedH5753.
10He is to me like a bearדֹּ֣בdoH1677lyingH693in waitאֹרֵ֥ב'o.RevH693, Likea lionH743in secretH4565placesH4565.
11He has turnedH5493asideH5493my waysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870andtornH6582me to piecesH6582;He has madeH8074me desolateH8074.
12Hebentדָּרַ֤ךְda.RakhH1869His bowקַשְׁתוֹ֙kash.ToH7198Andsetוַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִיvai.ya.tzi.Ve.niH5324me as a targetכַּמַּטָּרָ֖אka.ma.ta.Ra'H4307for the arrowלַחֵֽץ׃ סla.ChetzH2671.
13He made thearrowsבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121of Hisquiverאַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃'ash.pa.ToH827To enterהֵבִיא֙he.Vi'H935into myinwardH3629partsH3629.
14I have becomeהָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961alaughingstockשְּׂחֹק֙se.ChokH7814to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605my peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971, Their mockingsongנְגִינָתָ֖םne.gi.na.TamH5058allכָּל־kol-H3605the dayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.
15He hasfilledהִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִיhis.bi.'A.niH7646me with bitternessבַמְּרוֹרִ֖יםva.me.ro.RimH4844,He has madeH7301me drunkH7301with wormwoodלַעֲנָֽה׃ סla.'a.NahH3939.
16He hasbrokenוַיַּגְרֵ֤סvai.yag.ResH1638my teethשִׁנָּ֔יshi.NaiH8127withgravelבֶּֽחָצָץ֙be.cha.TzatzH2687;He has made me cowerהִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִיhikh.pi.Sha.niH3728in thedustבָּאֵֽפֶר׃ba.'E.ferH665.
17My soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315has beenH2186rejectedH2186from peaceמִשָּׁל֛וֹםmi.sha.LomH7965;I have forgottenנָשִׁ֥יתִיna.Shi.tiH5382happinessH2899.
18So I sayוָאֹמַר֙va.'o.MarH559, “My strengthנִצְחִ֔יnitz.ChiH5331has perishedאָבַ֣ד'a.VadH6, And so has myhopeוְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖יve.to.chal.TiH8431from the Lordמֵיְהוָֽה׃ סme.Yah.wehH3068.”
19Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142my afflictionעָנְיִ֥י'a.ne.YiH6040and mywanderingוּמְרוּדִ֖יu.me.ru.DiH4788, thewormwoodלַעֲנָ֥הla.'a.NahH3939and bitternessוָרֹֽאשׁ׃va.RoshH7219.
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