Lam 3 | ABEn | STEP | ΑΛΕΦ I am a man, one seeing poorness by a rod of his rage upon me.

Lamentations 3

CHAPTER 3 Anguish

1 ΑΛΕΦ I am a man, one seeing poorness by a rod of his rage upon me. 2 He took me; he led me away into darkness, and not light. 3 Only against me he turned his hand the entire day. 4 ΒΗΘ He aged my flesh and my skin; [²my bones ¹he broke]. 5 He built against me, and he encircled my head, and troubled me. 6 In dark places he settled me as dead ones of the eon. 7 ΓΙΜΕΛ He built against me, and I shall not come forth. He weighed down my brass chain. 8 Yes indeed, for though I shall cry out and yell, he shut out my prayer. 9 He blocked up my ways; he obstructed my roads; he disturbed me. 10 ΔΑΛΕΘ [²a bear ³lying in wait ¹He is] for me, as a lion in a secret place. 11 He pursued me after I revolted, and caused me to cease. He established me for being obliterated. 12 He stretched tight his bow, and he set up a stone target for me as the aim for the arrow. 13 Η He brought [³into ⁴my kidneys ¹the poison ²from his quivers]. 14 I became laughter to all my people, their psalm for the entire day. 15 He filled me with bitterness; he intoxicated me with bile, 16 ΟΥΑΥ and he knocked out [²by a small stone ¹my teeth]; he fed me ashes, 17 and he thrust away [²from ³peace ¹my soul]. I forgot good things. 18 And I said, [²perished ¹My victory], and my hope from the lord. 19 ΖΑΙΝ I remembered because of my poorness, and of my persecution, of my bitterness, and of my bile. 20 I shall be remembered, and [²shall converse ³with ⁴me ¹my soul].

Waiting upon The LORD

21 This I will arrange into my heart; on account of this I will wait. 22 ΗΘ The mercies of the lord, for they finished not, for [²failed not ¹his charities]. 23 The ones new in the morning; great is your trust. 24 [²is my portion ¹The lord], said my soul, on account of this I will wait for him. 25 ΤΗΘ The lord is good to the ones waiting on him, the soul which shall seek him. 26 It is good, and he shall wait and shall be still for the deliverance of the lord. 27 It is good for a man whenever he should lift a yoke from his youth. 28 ΙΩΘ He will sit down alone, and will keep silent, for he lifted it upon himself. 29 He shall put [²in ³dust ¹his mouth]; if perhaps there is hope. 30 He will give [²to the one ³hitting ⁴him ¹his cheek]. He will be filled of scornings. 31 ΧΑΦ For not into the eon shall the lord thrust away. 32 For the one he humbled he shall pity, according to the multitude of his mercy. 33 He was not answered from his heart, and he humbled sons of man, 34 ΛΑΜΕΔ to humble under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35 to turn aside a judgment of a man over against the face of the highest, 36 to condemn mankind in judging him, the lord did not say it. 37 ΜΗΝ Who thus spoke, and it came to pass, but the lord did not give charge? 38 From out of the mouth of the highest shall not come forth bad and good? 39 Why does [³grumble ²man ¹a living]; a man concerning his sin? 40 ΝΟΥΝ [²was searched out ¹Our way] and examined, and we should turn unto the lord. 41 We should lift up our hearts with our hands to the height in heaven. 42 We sinned, we were impious, and you atoned not. 43 ΣΑΜΕΧ You enveloped in rage, and banished us. You killed and spared not. 44 You enveloped [²with a cloud ¹yourself] because of prayer to close my eyelids. 45 And to be thrust away you put us in the midst of the peoples. 46 ΑΙΝ [³opened wide ⁵against ⁶us ⁴their mouth ¹All ²our enemies]. 47 Fear and stupefaction was to us; haughtiness and destruction. 48 [³releases ⁴of waters ²shall lead down ¹My eye] upon the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 ΦΗ My eye was swallowed down and I shall not be quiet, to not be sober, 50 until of which time [²should look through ³and ⁴should behold ¹the lord] from out of heaven. 51 My eye shall glean upon my soul because of all the daughters of the city. 52 ΣΑΔΗ In hunting [²hunted ³me ⁴as ⁵a sparrow ¹my enemies] freely. 53 They put to death [²in ³the pit ¹my life], and they placed a stone upon me. 54 [²overflowed ¹Water] upon my head. I said, I am thrust away. 55 ΚΩΦ I called upon your name, O lord, from out of [²pit ¹the lowermost]. 56 My voice you heard; you should not hide your ears to my supplication. 57 [²for ³my help ¹You approached] in the day in which I called upon you. You said to me, Do not fear! 58 ΡΗΣ You adjudicated, O lord, the punishments of my soul. You ransomed my life. 59 You saw, O lord, my disturbances. You judged my case. 60 You beheld all their vengeance, and all their devices against me. 61 ΣΙΝ You heard their scorning, all their devices against me; 62 the lips of ones rising up against me, and their meditations against me the entire day; 63 their sitting down, and their rising up. Look upon their eyes! 64 ΤΑΥ You shall recompense to them a recompense, O lord, according to the works of their hands. 65 You shall recompense to them, while shielding [²of my heart ¹the trouble]. 66 You shall pursue them in anger, and shall completely consume them beneath the heaven, O lord.