New American Standard Bible 1995

Lamentations 3:1-20

1I am the manH1397 who has 1seenH7200 afflictionH6040 Because of the rodH7626 of His wrathH5678.2He has drivenH5090 me and made me walkH1980 In 2darknessH2822 and not in lightH216.3SurelyH389 against me He has 3turnedH2015 His handH3027 RepeatedlyH7725 allH3605 the dayH3117.4He has caused my 4fleshH1320 and my skinH5785 to wasteH1086 awayH1086, He has 5brokenH7665 my bonesH6106.5He has 6besiegedH1129 H5921 and encompassedH5362 me with 7bitternessH7219 and hardshipH8513.6In 8darkH4285 placesH4285 He has made me dwellH3427, Like those who have longH5769 been deadH4191.7He has 9walledH1443 me in so that I cannotH3808 goH3318 out; He has madeH3513 my 10 11chainH5178 heavyH3513.8EvenH1571 whenH3588 I cryH2199 out and callH7768 for helpH7768, He 12shutsH8365 out my prayerH8605.9He has 13blockedH1443 my waysH1870 with hewnH1496 stoneH1496; He has madeH5753 my pathsH5410 crookedH5753.10He is to me like a bearH1677 lyingH693 in waitH693, Like a lionH743 in secretH4565 placesH4565.11He has turnedH5493 asideH5493 my waysH1870 and 14tornH6582 me to piecesH6582; He has madeH8074 me desolateH8074.12He 15bentH1869 His bowH7198 And 16setH5324 me as a targetH4307 for the arrowH2671.13He made the 17arrowsH1121 of His 18quiverH827 To enterH935 into my 19inwardH3629 partsH3629.14I have becomeH1961 a 20laughingstockH7814 to allH3605 my peopleH5971, Their mocking 21songH5058 allH3605 the dayH3117.15He has 22filledH7646 me with bitternessH4844, He has madeH7301 me drunkH7301 with wormwoodH3939.16He has 23brokenH1638 my teethH8127 with 24gravelH2687; He has made me cowerH3728 in the 25dustH665.17My soulH5315 has beenH2186 rejectedH2186 26from peaceH7965; I have forgottenH5382 27happinessH2899.18So I sayH559, “My strengthH5331 has perishedH6, And so has my 28hopeH8431 from the LordH3068.”

19RememberH2142 my afflictionH6040 and my 29wanderingH4788, the 30wormwoodH3939 and bitternessH7219.20SurelyH2142 31my soulH5315 remembersH2142 And is 32bowedH7743 downH7743 withinH5921 me.

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Notes

1. Lamentations 3:1 Ps 88:7, 15, 16 ↩
2. Lamentations 3:2 Job 30:26; Is 59:9; Jer 4:23 ↩
3. Lamentations 3:3 Ps 38:2; Is 5:25 ↩
4. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 31:9, 10; 38:2-8; 102:3-5 ↩
5. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 51:8; Is 38:13 ↩
6. Lamentations 3:5 Job 19:8 ↩
7. Lamentations 3:5 Jer 23:15; Lam 3:19 ↩
8. Lamentations 3:6 Ps 88:5, 6; 143:3 ↩
9. Lamentations 3:7 Job 3:23; 19:8 ↩
10. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece ↩
11. Lamentations 3:7 Jer 40:4 ↩
12. Lamentations 3:8 Job 30:20; Ps 22:2 ↩
13. Lamentations 3:9 Is 63:17; Hos 2:6 ↩
14. Lamentations 3:11 Job 16:12, 13; Jer 15:3; Hos 6:1 ↩
15. Lamentations 3:12 Ps 7:12; Lam 2:4 ↩
16. Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4; 7:20; Ps 38:2 ↩
17. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons ↩
18. Lamentations 3:13 Jer 5:16 ↩
19. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys ↩
20. Lamentations 3:14 Ps 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer 20:7 ↩
21. Lamentations 3:14 Job 30:9; Lam 3:63 ↩
22. Lamentations 3:15 Jer 9:15 ↩
23. Lamentations 3:16 Ps 3:7; 58:6 ↩
24. Lamentations 3:16 Prov 20:17 ↩
25. Lamentations 3:16 Jer 6:26 ↩
26. Lamentations 3:17 Is 59:11; Jer 12:12 ↩
27. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good ↩
28. Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15; Ezek 37:11 ↩
29. Lamentations 3:19 Or bitterness ↩
30. Lamentations 3:19 Jer 9:15; Lam 3:5, 15 ↩
31. Lamentations 3:20 Job 21:6 ↩
32. Lamentations 3:20 Ps 42:5, 6, 11; 43:5; 44:25 ↩

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