Lamentations 3

1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֹו׃ (1598)

See also: Psalms 88:7, Ruth 1:20, Jeremiah 20:18, Job 19:21, Job 30:28, Psalms 88:15-16, Jeremiah 43:6, Psalms 71:20, Isaiah 53:3, Jeremiah 15:17-18, Jeremiah 15:18, Jeremiah 20:14-18, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 45:3, Lamentations 1:12-14

2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

אֹותִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹור׃ (1113)

See also: Job 30:26, Isaiah 59:9, Psalms 88:6, Amos 5:18-20, Deuteronomy 28:29, Job 10:3, Job 18:18, Job 22:11, Psalms 66:11, Isaiah 5:30, Jeremiah 4:23, Jeremiah 13:16, Lamentations 2:1, Lamentations 3:53-55, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:13

3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדֹו כָּל־הַיֹּום׃ (591)

See also: Exodus 7:4, Deuteronomy 29:20, Job 9:18, Job 16:14, Job 31:21, Isaiah 1:25, Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 63:10, Jeremiah 6:12, Lamentations 2:4-7, Ezekiel 5:8

4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעֹורִי שִׁבַּר עַצְמֹותָי׃ (1959)

See also: Psalms 51:8, Isaiah 38:13, Job 16:12, Psalms 31:9-10, Psalms 38:2-8, Jeremiah 50:17, Psalms 102:3-5, Job 16:8-9, Job 19:20, Job 30:30, Psalms 22:14, Psalms 32:3, Lamentations 5:10

5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה׃ (1306)

See also: Lamentations 3:19, Jeremiah 23:15, Job 19:8, Psalms 69:21, Psalms 88:17, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 9:15, Lamentations 3:7-9, Acts 8:23, Revelation 8:11

6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הֹושִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עֹולָם׃ (1419)

See also: Psalms 143:3, Psalms 88:5-6, Psalms 107:10, Isaiah 59:10, Psalms 143:7, Ezekiel 26:20

7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּי׃ (1231)

See also: Job 19:8, Hosea 2:6, Job 3:23, Psalms 88:8, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 40:4, Lamentations 1:14, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Job 7:12, Lamentations 3:5, Lamentations 3:9, Lamentations 5:5, Ezekiel 7:23, Daniel 9:12

8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִי׃ (2294)

See also: Lamentations 3:44, Habakkuk 1:2, Job 30:20, Psalms 32:3, Job 19:7, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 55:1, Luke 11:10, Psalms 55:17, Psalms 88:2, Psalms 102:1, Matthew 27:46, Exodus 11:6, Nehemiah 9:4, Job 3:24, Song of Solomon 5:6, Matthew 15:23, Psalms 80:4, Mark 4:38

9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּה׃ (1816)

See also: Job 19:8, Isaiah 63:17, Job 3:23, Job 36:8, Isaiah 30:28, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:11, Hosea 2:6

10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי [אַרְיֵה כ] (אֲרִי ק) בְּמִסְתָּרִים׃ (1560)

See also: Job 10:16, Hosea 13:7, Job 16:9, Psalms 10:9, Isaiah 38:13, Hosea 5:14, Hosea 6:1, Amos 5:18-20, Psalms 17:12

11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

דְּרָכַי סֹורֵר וַיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵם׃ (1944)

See also: Job 16:12, Hosea 6:1, Lamentations 1:13, Job 16:7, Psalms 50:22, Isaiah 3:26, Jeremiah 5:6, Jeremiah 6:8, Jeremiah 9:10-11, Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 32:43, Jeremiah 51:20-22, Lamentations 3:9, Daniel 2:40-44, Daniel 7:23, Micah 5:8, Micah 6:13, Matthew 23:38, Revelation 18:19

12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתֹּו וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ׃ (1606)

See also: Job 7:20, Psalms 38:2, Psalms 21:12, Psalms 91:5, Lamentations 2:4, Job 6:4, Psalms 7:12-13, Psalms 64:7, Job 16:12-13, Psalms 7:13, Ezekiel 5:16

13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיֹותָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֹו׃ (1345)

See also: Psalms 73:21, Deuteronomy 32:23, Job 6:4, 2 Chronicles 35:23, Job 16:13, Job 41:28, Psalms 102:4

14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכָל־עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כָּל־הַיֹּום׃ (1707)

See also: Job 30:9, Jeremiah 20:7, Lamentations 3:63, Psalms 22:6-7, Nehemiah 4:2-4, Job 30:1-9, Psalms 35:15-16, Psalms 44:13, Psalms 69:11-12, Psalms 79:4, Psalms 123:3-4, Psalms 137:3, Jeremiah 48:27, Lamentations 3:45, Matthew 27:39-44, Luke 23:35, 1 Corinthians 4:9-13

15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרֹורִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָה׃ (1371)

See also: Jeremiah 9:15, Lamentations 3:19, Psalms 88:3, Proverbs 20:17, 1 Samuel 1:10, Job 9:18, Isaiah 51:20, Jeremiah 23:9, Jeremiah 23:15, Ruth 1:20, Psalms 60:3, Psalms 102:9, Isaiah 51:17-22, Isaiah 63:6, Jeremiah 25:15-18, Jeremiah 25:16, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 48:26

16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵפֶר׃ (1587)

See also: Proverbs 20:17, Jeremiah 6:26, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 58:6, Job 2:8, Job 4:10, Psalms 102:9, Jonah 3:6, Nahum 3:6, Matthew 7:9, Luke 11:11

17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלֹום נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טֹובָה׃ (2119)

See also: John 14:27, Isaiah 59:11, John 14:1, Genesis 41:30, Job 7:7, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 119:155, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 54:10, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 14:19, Jeremiah 16:5, Jeremiah 20:14-18, Lamentations 1:16, Zechariah 8:10

18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתֹוחַלְתִּי מֵיְהוָה׃ (1338)

See also: Luke 11:10, Jeremiah 31:17, Job 17:15, 1 Samuel 27:1, Job 8:13, Jeremiah 10:19, Lamentations 3:54, Job 6:11, Job 9:18, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 77:10, Psalms 102:1, Psalms 116:11, Ezekiel 37:11, Luke 15:18

19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

זְכָר־עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹאשׁ׃ (1295)

See also: Lamentations 3:5, Lamentations 3:15, Psalms 132:1, Jeremiah 8:14, Daniel 4:34, Revelation 8:11, Lamentations 5:1, Deuteronomy 16:12, Nehemiah 9:32, Job 7:7, Job 21:6, Job 23:2, Psalms 89:47, Psalms 89:50, Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 23:15, Acts 8:23

20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

זָכֹור תִּזְכֹּור [וְתָשִׁיחַ כ] (וְתָשֹׁוחַ ק) עָלַי נַפְשִׁי׃ (2980)

See also: Psalms 42:5-6, Psalms 42:11, Job 21:6, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 44:25, Psalms 102:4, Psalms 146:8, Matthew 5:23

21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אֹוחִיל׃ (1019)

See also: 1 Corinthians 13:13, Zechariah 9:12, Jeremiah 31:17, Lamentations 3:24, Psalms 48:14, Habakkuk 2:3, Psalms 71:14, Psalms 130:7, Ecclesiastes 9:4, Hosea 2:15, Psalms 77:7-11, Jonah 2:7, Psalms 119:81

22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

חַסְדֵי יְהוָה כִּי לֹא־תָמְנוּ כִּי לֹא־כָלוּ רַחֲמָיו׃ (1046)

23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ׃ (1468)

See also: Psalms 31:19, Hebrews 10:23, Psalms 30:5, Isaiah 33:2, Psalms 36:5, Psalms 89:33, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalms 68:19, Matthew 6:34, Zephaniah 3:5, Exodus 34:6, Psalms 146:6, Hebrews 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, 1 John 1:9, Titus 1:2, Psalms 89:1-2, Deuteronomy 7:9

24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

חֶלְקִי יְהוָה אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עַל־כֵּן אֹוחִיל לֹו׃ (1121)

25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

טֹוב יְהוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶׁנּוּ׃ (1605)

26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

טֹוב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה׃ (1409)

27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.

טֹוב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי־יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיו׃ (1037)

See also: Ecclesiastes 12:1, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Matthew 11:29-30, Psalms 119:71, Psalms 94:12, Psalms 90:12, Hebrews 12:5-12, Jeremiah 31:18, Mark 14:2, Jeremiah 8:14, Acts 27:1

28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָיו׃ (617)

See also: Ecclesiastes 3:7, Jeremiah 15:17, Lamentations 2:10, Psalms 102:7, Psalms 39:9

29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

יִתֵּן בֶּעָפָר פִּיהוּ אוּלַי יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה׃ (1781)

See also: Job 40:4, 2 Chronicles 33:12, Job 42:5-6, Jeremiah 31:17, Ezekiel 16:63, Joel 2:14, Jonah 3:9, Micah 1:10, Micah 7:17, Zephaniah 2:3, Luke 15:18-19, Luke 18:13, Romans 3:19, Numbers 5:17, Jonah 3:6

30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּה׃ (1286)

See also: Matthew 5:39, Isaiah 50:6, Job 16:10, Psalms 22:6, Micah 5:1, Matthew 26:67, Psalms 3:7, Luke 6:29, 2 Corinthians 11:20, 1 Kings 22:24, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 123:3, 2 Chronicles 18:23, Psalms 69:9, Lamentations 3:61

31For the LORD will not cast off for ever:

כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעֹולָם אֲדֹנָי׃ (377)

32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

כִּי אִם־הֹוגָה וְרִחַם כְּרֹב [חַסְדֹּו כ] (חֲסָדָיו׃ ק) (852)

33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִּבֹּו וַיַּגֶּה בְּנֵי־אִישׁ׃ (661)

See also: Ezekiel 18:32, Ezekiel 33:11, 2 Chronicles 12:12, Hebrews 12:9-10, Isaiah 28:21, Hosea 11:8, John 21:17

34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.

לְדַכֵּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו כֹּל אֲסִירֵי אָרֶץ׃ (1734)

See also: Zechariah 9:11-12, Isaiah 51:22-23, Psalms 69:33, Psalms 102:20, Isaiah 49:9, Jeremiah 51:33-36, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Job 20:19, Psalms 55:3, Psalms 79:11, Isaiah 14:17, Lamentations 1:15, Amos 5:12, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 50:33-34

35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

לְהַטֹּות מִשְׁפַּט־גָּבֶר נֶגֶד פְּנֵי עֶלְיֹון׃ (1447)