Lamentations 3

1 ♥ 📝 I am the man^H1397 that hath seen^H7200 affliction^H6040 by the rod^H7626 of his wrath.^H5678

2 ♥ 📝 He hath led^H5090 me and caused^H3212 me to walk in darkness,^H2822 and not in light.^H216

3 ♥ 📝 Surely against me he turneth^H7725 his hand^H3027 again^H2015 and again all the day.^H3117

4 ♥ 📝 My flesh^H1320 and my skin^H5785 hath he made old;^H1086 he hath broken^H7665 my bones.^H6106

5 ♥ 📝 He hath builded against^H1129 me, and compassed^H5362 me with gall^H7219 and travail.^H8513

6 ♥ 📝 He hath made^H3427 me to dwell in dark places,^H4285 as those that have been long^H5769 dead.^H4191

7 ♥ 📝 He hath walled^H1443 me about, that I cannot go forth;^H3318 he hath made my chain^H5178 heavy.^H3513

8 ♥ 📝 Yea, when I cry,^H2199 and call^H2199 for help, he shutteth out^H5640 my prayer.^H8605

9 ♥ 📝 He hath walled^H1443 up my ways^H1870 with hewn stone;^H1496 he hath made my paths^H5410 crooked.^H5753

10 ♥ 📝 He is unto me as a bear^H1677 lying in wait,^H693 as a lion^H738 in secret places.^H4565

11 ♥ 📝 He hath turned aside^H5493 my ways,^H1870 and pulled me in pieces;^H6582 he hath made^H7760 me desolate.^H8074

12 ♥ 📝 He hath bent^H1869 his bow,^H7198 and set^H5324 me as a mark^H4307 for the arrow.^H2671

13 ♥ 📝 He hath caused the shafts^H1121 of his quiver^H827 to enter^H935 into my reins.^H3629

14 ♥ 📝 I am become a derision^H7814 to all my people,^H5971 and their song^H5058 all the day.^H3117

15 ♥ 📝 He hath filled^H7646 me with bitterness,^H4844 he hath sated^H7301 me with wormwood.^H3939

16 ♥ 📝 He hath also broken^H1638 my teeth^H8127 with gravel stones;^H2687 he hath covered^H3728 me with ashes.^H665

17 ♥ 📝 And thou hast removed^H2186 my soul^H5315 far off^H2186 from peace;^H7965 I forgat^H5382 prosperity.^H2896

18 ♥ 📝 And I said,^H559 My strength^H5331 is perished,^H6 and mine expectation^H8431 from Jehovah.^H3068

19 ♥ 📝 Remember^H2142 mine affliction^H6040 and my misery,^H4788 the wormwood^H3939 and the gall.^H7219

20 ♥ 📝 My soul^H5315 hath them still^H2142 in remembrance,^H2142 and is bowed down^H7743 within me.

21 ♥ 📝 This I recall^H7725 to my mind;^H3820 therefore have I hope.^H3176

22 ♥ 📝 [ It is of] Jehovah's^H3068 lovingkindnesses^H2617 that we are not consumed,^H8552 because his compassions^H7356 fail^H3615 not.

23 ♥ 📝 They are new^H2319 every morning;^H1242 great^H7227 is thy faithfulness.^H530

24 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 is my portion,^H2506 saith^H559 my soul;^H5315 therefore will I hope^H3176 in him.

25 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 is good^H2896 unto them that wait^H6960 for him, to the soul^H5315 that seeketh^H1875 him.

26 ♥ 📝 It is good^H2896 that a man should hope^H3175 and quietly wait^H1748 for the salvation^H8668 of Jehovah.^H3068

27 ♥ 📝 It is good^H2896 for a man^H1397 that he bear^H5375 the yoke^H5923 in his youth.^H5271

28 ♥ 📝 Let him sit^H3427 alone^H910 and keep silence,^H1826 because he hath laid^H5190 it upon him.

29 ♥ 📝 Let him put his mouth^H6310 in the dust,^H6083 if so be^H3426 there may be^H3426 hope.^H8615

30 ♥ 📝 Let him give^H5414 his cheek^H3895 to him that smiteth^H5221 him; let him be filled full^H7646 with reproach.^H2781

31 ♥ 📝 For the Lord^H136 will not cast off^H2186 for ever.^H5769

32 ♥ 📝 For though he cause grief,^H3013 yet will he have compassion^H7355 according to the multitude^H7230 of his lovingkindnesses.^H2617

33 ♥ 📝 For he doth not afflict^H6031 willingly,^H3820 nor grieve^H3013 the children^H1121 of men.^H376

34 ♥ 📝 To crush^H1792 under foot^H7272 all the prisoners^H615 of the earth,^H776

35 ♥ 📝 To turn aside^H5186 the right^H4941 of a man^H1397 before the face^H6440 of the Most High,^H5945

36 ♥ 📝 To subvert^H5791 a man^H120 in his cause,^H7379 the Lord^H136 approveth^H7200 not.

37 ♥ 📝 Who is he that saith,^H559 and it cometh to pass, when the Lord^H136 commandeth^H6680 it not?

38 ♥ 📝 Out of the mouth^H6310 of the Most High^H5945 cometh^H3318 there not evil^H7451 and good?^H2896

39 ♥ 📝 Wherefore doth a living^H2416 man^H120 complain,^H596 a man^H1397 for the punishment of his sins?^H2399

40 ♥ 📝 Let us search^H2664 and try^H2713 our ways,^H1870 and turn again^H7725 to Jehovah.^H3068

41 ♥ 📝 Let us lift up^H5375 our heart^H3824 with our hands^H3709 unto God^H410 in the heavens.^H8064

42 ♥ 📝 We^H5168 have transgressed^H6586 and have rebelled;^H4784 thou hast not pardoned.^H5545

43 ♥ 📝 Thou hast covered^H5526 with anger^H639 and pursued^H7291 us; thou hast slain,^H2026 thou hast not pitied.^H2550

44 ♥ 📝 Thou hast covered^H5526 thyself with a cloud,^H6051 so that no prayer^H8605 can pass through.^H5674

45 ♥ 📝 Thou hast made^H7760 us an off-scouring^H5501 and refuse^H3973 in the midst^H7130 of the peoples.^H5971

46 ♥ 📝 All our enemies^H341 have opened^H6475 their mouth^H6310 wide against us.

47 ♥ 📝 Fear^H6343 and the pit^H6354 are come upon us, devastation^H7612 and destruction.^H7667

48 ♥ 📝 Mine eye^H5869 runneth down^H3381 with streams^H6388 of water,^H4325 for the destruction^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people.^H5971

49 ♥ 📝 Mine eye^H5869 poureth down,^H5064 and ceaseth^H1820 not, without any intermission,^H2014

50 ♥ 📝 Till Jehovah^H3068 look down,^H8259 and behold^H7200 from heaven.^H8064

51 ♥ 📝 Mine eye^H5869 affecteth^H5953 my soul,^H5315 because of all the daughters^H1323 of my city.^H5892

52 ♥ 📝 They have chased^H6679 me sore^H6679 like a bird,^H6833 they that are mine enemies^H341 without cause.^H2600

53 ♥ 📝 They have cut off^H6789 my life^H2416 in the dungeon,^H953 and have cast^H3034 a stone^H68 upon me.

54 ♥ 📝 Waters^H4325 flowed over^H6687 my head;^H7218 I said,^H559 I am cut off.^H1504

55 ♥ 📝 I called^H7121 upon thy name,^H8034 O Jehovah,^H3068 out of the lowest^H8482 dungeon.^H953

56 ♥ 📝 Thou heardest^H8085 my voice;^H6963 hide^H5956 not thine ear^H241 at my breathing,^H7309 at my cry.^H7775

57 ♥ 📝 Thou drewest near^H7126 in the day^H3117 that I called^H7121 upon thee; thou saidst,^H559 Fear^H3372 not.

58 ♥ 📝 O Lord,^H136 thou hast pleaded^H7378 the causes^H7379 of my soul;^H5315 thou hast redeemed^H1350 my life.^H2416

59 ♥ 📝 O Jehovah,^H3068 thou hast seen^H7200 my wrong;^H5792 judge^H8199 thou my cause.^H4941

60 ♥ 📝 Thou hast seen^H7200 all their vengeance^H5360 and all their devices^H4284 against me.

61 ♥ 📝 Thou hast heard^H8085 their reproach,^H2781 O Jehovah,^H3068 and all their devices^H4284 against me,

62 ♥ 📝 The lips^H8193 of those that rose up^H6965 against me, and their device^H1902 against me all the day.^H3117

63 ♥ 📝 Behold^H5027 thou their sitting down,^H3427 and their rising up;^H7012 I am their song.^H4485

64 ♥ 📝 Thou wilt render^H7725 unto them a recompense,^H1576 O Jehovah,^H3068 according to the work^H4639 of their hands.^H3027

65 ♥ 📝 Thou wilt give^H5414 them hardness^H4044 of heart,^H3820 thy curse^H8381 unto them.

66 ♥ 📝 Thou wilt pursue^H7291 them in anger,^H639 and destroy^H8045 them from under the heavens^H8064 of Jehovah.^H3068