New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 3:1-20

1I am the manH1397 who has 1seenH7200 miseryH6040 Because of the rodH7626 of His wrathH5678.2He has drivenH5090 me and made me walkH1980 In 2darknessH2822 and not in lightH216.3IndeedH389, He has 3turnedH2015 His handH3027 against me RepeatedlyH7725 allH3605 the dayH3117.4He has consumedH1086 my 4fleshH1320 and my skinH5785, He has 5brokenH7665 my bonesH6106.5He has 6 7besiegedH1129 H5921 and surroundedH5362 me with 8 9bitternessH7219 and hardshipH8513.6He has made me liveH3427 in 10darkH4285 placesH4285, Like those who have longH5769 been deadH4191.7He has 11walledH1443 me in so that I cannotH3808 goH3318 outH3318; He has madeH3513 my 12 13chainH5178 heavyH3513.8EvenH1571 whenH3588 I cryH2199 outH2199 and callH7768 forH7768 helpH7768, He 14shutsH8365 outH8365 my prayerH8605.9He has 15blockedH1443 my waysH1870 with cutH1496 stoneH1496; He has twistedH5753 my pathsH5410.10He is to me like a bearH1677 lyingH693 inH693 waitH693, Like a lionH743 in secretH4565 placesH4565.11He has made my waysH1870 deviateH5493, and 16tornH6582 me toH6582 piecesH6582; He has madeH8074 me desolateH8074.12He 17bentH1869 His bowH7198 And 18tookH5324 aimH5324 atH5324 me as a targetH4307 for the arrowH2671.13He made the 19arrowsH1121 of His 20quiverH827 EnterH935 my 21inwardH3629 partsH3629.14I have becomeH1961 a 22laughingstockH7814 to allH3605 my peopleH5971, Their 23songH5058 ofH5058 ridiculeH5058 allH3605 the dayH3117.15He has 24filledH7646 me with bitternessH4844, He has made me drinkH7301 plentyH7301 of wormwoodH3939.16He has also 25made my teethH8127 grindH1638 with 26gravelH2687; He has made me cowerH3728 in the 27dustH665.17My soulH5315 has beenH2186 excludedH2186 28from peaceH7965; I have forgottenH5382 29happinessH2899.18So I sayH559, “My 30strengthH5331 has failedH6, And so has my 31hopeH8431 from the LordH3068.”

19RememberH2142 my miseryH6040 and my homelessnessH4788, the 32wormwoodH3939 and 33bitternessH7219.20 34My soulH5315 certainlyH2142 remembersH2142, And 35is 36bentH7817 overH7817 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 Lit built against ↩
7. Lamentations 3:5 Job 19:8 ↩
8. Lamentations 3:5 Lit poison ↩
9. Lamentations 3:5 Jer 23:15; Lam 3:19 ↩
10. Lamentations 3:6 Ps 88:5, 6; 143:3 ↩
11. Lamentations 3:7 Job 3:23; 19:8 ↩
12. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece ↩
13. Lamentations 3:7 Jer 40:4 ↩
14. Lamentations 3:8 Job 30:20; Ps 22:2 ↩
15. Lamentations 3:9 Is 63:17; Hos 2:6 ↩
16. Lamentations 3:11 Job 16:12, 13; Jer 15:3; Hos 6:1 ↩
17. Lamentations 3:12 Ps 7:12; Lam 2:4 ↩
18. Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4; 7:20; Ps 38:2 ↩
19. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons ↩
20. Lamentations 3:13 Jer 5:16 ↩
21. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys ↩
22. Lamentations 3:14 Ps 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer 20:7 ↩
23. Lamentations 3:14 Job 30:9; Lam 3:63 ↩
24. Lamentations 3:15 Jer 9:15 ↩
25. Lamentations 3:16 Ps 3:7; 58:6 ↩
26. Lamentations 3:16 Prov 20:17 ↩
27. Lamentations 3:16 Jer 6:26 ↩
28. Lamentations 3:17 Is 59:11; Jer 12:12 ↩
29. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good ↩
30. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor ↩
31. Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15; Ezek 37:11 ↩
32. Lamentations 3:19 Jer 9:15; Lam 3:5, 15 ↩
33. Lamentations 3:19 Lit poison ↩
34. Lamentations 3:20 Job 21:6 ↩
35. Lamentations 3:20 Or bows down ↩
36. Lamentations 3:20 Ps 42:5, 6, 11; 43:5; 44:25 ↩

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