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Lamentations 3:1-36

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 6besiegedH1129H5921 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 1011chainH5178 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.21ThisH2088 I recallH7725 to my mindH3820, ThereforeH5921H3651 I haveH3176 33hopeH3176.22The Lord’sH3068 34lovingkindnessesH2617 35indeedH3588 neverH3808 ceaseH8552, 36For His compassionsH7356 neverH3808 failH3615.23They are newH2319 37every morningH1242; GreatH7227 is 38Your faithfulnessH530.24“The LordH3068 is my 39portionH2506,” saysH559 my soulH5315, “ThereforeH5921H3651 I 40haveH3176 hopeH3176 in Him.”25The LordH3068 is goodH2896 to those who 41waitH6960 for Him, To the 42personH5315 who 43seeksH1875 Him.26It is goodH2896 that he 44waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he should bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 45sitH3427 aloneH910 and be silentH1826 SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 46putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 47dustH6083, PerhapsH194 thereH3426 is 48hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 49cheekH3895 to 50the smiterH5221, Let him be filledH7646 with reproachH2781.31For the LordH136 will 51not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 52compassionH7355 According to His abundantH7230 lovingkindnessH2617.33For He 53does not afflictH6031 54willinglyH4480H3820 Or grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of menH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 His feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 55landH776,35To 56depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 57justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 5859defraudH5791 a manH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 60approveH7200.

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Notes

  1. 1. Lamentations 3:1 Ps 88:7, 15, 16 ↩
  2. 2. Lamentations 3:2 Job 30:26; Is 59:9; Jer 4:23 ↩
  3. 3. Lamentations 3:3 Ps 38:2; Is 5:25 ↩
  4. 4. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 31:9, 10; 38:2-8; 102:3-5 ↩
  5. 5. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 51:8; Is 38:13 ↩
  6. 6. Lamentations 3:5 Job 19:8 ↩
  7. 7. Lamentations 3:5 Jer 23:15; Lam 3:19 ↩
  8. 8. Lamentations 3:6 Ps 88:5, 6; 143:3 ↩
  9. 9. Lamentations 3:7 Job 3:23; 19:8 ↩
  10. 10. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece ↩
  11. 11. Lamentations 3:7 Jer 40:4 ↩
  12. 12. Lamentations 3:8 Job 30:20; Ps 22:2 ↩
  13. 13. Lamentations 3:9 Is 63:17; Hos 2:6 ↩
  14. 14. Lamentations 3:11 Job 16:12, 13; Jer 15:3; Hos 6:1 ↩
  15. 15. Lamentations 3:12 Ps 7:12; Lam 2:4 ↩
  16. 16. Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4; 7:20; Ps 38:2 ↩
  17. 17. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons ↩
  18. 18. Lamentations 3:13 Jer 5:16 ↩
  19. 19. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys ↩
  20. 20. Lamentations 3:14 Ps 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer 20:7 ↩
  21. 21. Lamentations 3:14 Job 30:9; Lam 3:63 ↩
  22. 22. Lamentations 3:15 Jer 9:15 ↩
  23. 23. Lamentations 3:16 Ps 3:7; 58:6 ↩
  24. 24. Lamentations 3:16 Prov 20:17 ↩
  25. 25. Lamentations 3:16 Jer 6:26 ↩
  26. 26. Lamentations 3:17 Is 59:11; Jer 12:12 ↩
  27. 27. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good ↩
  28. 28. Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15; Ezek 37:11 ↩
  29. 29. Lamentations 3:19 Or bitterness ↩
  30. 30. Lamentations 3:19 Jer 9:15; Lam 3:5, 15 ↩
  31. 31. Lamentations 3:20 Job 21:6 ↩
  32. 32. Lamentations 3:20 Ps 42:5, 6, 11; 43:5; 44:25 ↩
  33. 33. Lamentations 3:21 Ps 130:7 ↩
  34. 34. Lamentations 3:22 Ps 78:38; Jer 3:12; 30:11 ↩
  35. 35. Lamentations 3:22 Or that we are not consumed ↩
  36. 36. Lamentations 3:22 Mal 3:6 ↩
  37. 37. Lamentations 3:23 Is 33:2; Zeph 3:5 ↩
  38. 38. Lamentations 3:23 Heb 10:23 ↩
  39. 39. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 16:5; 73:26 ↩
  40. 40. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 33:18 ↩
  41. 41. Lamentations 3:25 Ps 27:14; Is 25:9 ↩
  42. 42. Lamentations 3:25 Lit soul ↩
  43. 43. Lamentations 3:25 Is 26:9 ↩
  44. 44. Lamentations 3:26 Ps 37:7 ↩
  45. 45. Lamentations 3:28 Jer 15:17 ↩
  46. 46. Lamentations 3:29 Lit give ↩
  47. 47. Lamentations 3:29 Job 16:15; 40:4 ↩
  48. 48. Lamentations 3:29 Jer 31:17 ↩
  49. 49. Lamentations 3:30 Job 16:10; Is 50:6 ↩
  50. 50. Lamentations 3:30 Lit his ↩
  51. 51. Lamentations 3:31 Ps 77:7; 94:14; Is 54:7-10 ↩
  52. 52. Lamentations 3:32 Ps 78:38; 106:43-45; Hos 11:8 ↩
  53. 53. Lamentations 3:33 Ps 119:67, 71, 75; Ezek 33:11; Heb 12:10 ↩
  54. 54. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart ↩
  55. 55. Lamentations 3:34 Or earth ↩
  56. 56. Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case ↩
  57. 57. Lamentations 3:35 Ps 140:12; Prov 17:15 ↩
  58. 58. Lamentations 3:36 Lit make crooked ↩
  59. 59. Lamentations 3:36 Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13 ↩
  60. 60. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see ↩

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