Lamentations 3-5

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

²He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

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

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

³Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

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

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

⁶He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

⁷He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

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

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

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

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

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

⁸Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

¹⁵He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁸And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

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

²⁰My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

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

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

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

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

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

²²It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁸Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

²⁹Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

³⁰Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

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

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

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

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

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

³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

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

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

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

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

³⁴To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, ³⁵To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, ³⁶To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

³⁷Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

³⁸Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

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

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

³⁶To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

³⁷Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

³⁸Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

⁴¹Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

⁴²We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

⁴¹Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

⁴²We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

⁴³Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

⁴³Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

⁴⁵Thou hast made us an offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

⁴⁶All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

⁴⁷Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.

⁴⁸Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁵Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

⁴⁶All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

⁴⁷Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

⁴⁸Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, ⁵⁰Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.

⁵¹Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

⁴⁹Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

⁵⁰Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

⁵¹Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

⁵³They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

⁵⁴Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

⁵³They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

⁵⁴Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

⁵⁶Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

⁵⁷Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

⁵⁶Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

⁵⁷Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

⁵⁸O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

⁵⁸O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me, ⁶²The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

⁶³Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

⁶⁴Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

⁶²The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

⁶³Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

⁶⁴Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

⁶⁶Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

⁶⁵Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

⁶⁶Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

¹How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

¹How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

²The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

²The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

³Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

³Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

⁵They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

⁶For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

⁵They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

⁶For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

⁷Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

⁸Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

⁹They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

⁷Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

⁸Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

⁹They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

¹⁰The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

¹⁰The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

¹¹Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

¹¹The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

¹²The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

¹²The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

¹³It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

¹³For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

¹⁴They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

¹⁵Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.

¹⁶The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

¹⁴They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

¹⁵They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

¹⁶The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

¹⁷Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

¹⁷As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

¹⁸They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

¹⁹Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

¹⁸They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

¹⁹Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

²⁰The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

²⁰The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

²¹Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

²¹Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

²²The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover thy sins.

²²The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

¹Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

¹Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

²Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

³We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

²Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

³We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

⁴We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

⁴We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

⁵Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

⁶We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

⁵Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

⁶We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

⁷Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

⁸Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

⁷Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

⁸Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

⁹We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

⁹We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

¹¹They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

¹³The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

¹⁴The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

¹¹They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

¹²Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

¹³They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

¹⁴The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

¹⁵The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

¹⁵The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

¹⁶The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

¹⁶The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

¹⁷For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; ¹⁸For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

¹⁹Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

¹⁷For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

¹⁸Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

¹⁹Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

²¹Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

²¹Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

²²But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

²²But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.