Lamentations 3
1. I am the man that hath seen * affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2. He hath led * me, and brought * me into darkness, but not into light.
3. Surely against me is he turned * ; he turneth * his hand against me all the day.
4. My flesh and my skin hath he made old * ; he hath broken * my bones.
5. He hath builded * against me, and compassed * me with gall and travail.
6. He hath set * me in dark places, as they that be dead * of old.
7. He hath hedged * me about, that I cannot get out * : he hath made my chain heavy * .
8. Also when I cry * and shout * , he shutteth out * my prayer.
9. He hath inclosed * my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked * .
10. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait * , and as a lion in secret places.
11. He hath turned aside * my ways, and pulled me in pieces * : he hath made * me desolate * .
12. He hath bent * his bow, and set * me as a mark for the arrow.
13. He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter * into my reins.
14. I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15. He hath filled * me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken * with wormwood.
16. He hath also broken * my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered * me with ashes.
17. And thou hast removed * my soul far off * from peace: I forgat * prosperity.
18. And I said * , My strength and my hope is perished * from the LORD:
19. Remembering * mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20. My soul hath them still * in remembrance * , and is humbled * in me.
21. This I recall * to my mind, therefore have I hope * .
22. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed * , because his compassions fail * not.
23. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24. The LORD is my portion, saith * my soul; therefore will I hope * in him.
25. The LORD is good unto them that wait * for him, to the soul that seeketh * him.
26. It is good that a man should both hope * and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27. It is good for a man that he bear * the yoke in his youth.
28. He sitteth * alone and keepeth silence * , because he hath borne * it upon him.
29. He putteth * his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30. He giveth * his cheek to him that smiteth * him: he is filled full * with reproach.
31. For the Lord will not cast off * for ever:
32. But though he cause grief * , yet will he have compassion * according to the multitude of his mercies.
33. For he doth not afflict * willingly nor grieve * the children of men.
34. To crush * under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35. To turn aside * the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36. To subvert * a man in his cause,the Lord approveth * not.
37. Who is he that saith * , and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth * it not?
38. Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth * not evil and good?
39. Wherefore doth a living man complain * , a man for the punishment of his sins?
40. Let us search * and try * our ways, and turn again * to the LORD.
41. Let us lift up * our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42. We have transgressed * and have rebelled * : thou hast not pardoned * .
43. Thou hast covered * with anger, and persecuted * us: thou hast slain * , thou hast not pitied * .
44. Thou hast covered * thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through * .
45. Thou hast made * us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46. All our enemies * have opened * their mouths against us.
47. Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48. Mine eye runneth down * with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49. Mine eye trickleth down * , and ceaseth * not, without any intermission,
50. Till the LORD look down * , and behold * from heaven.
51. Mine eye affecteth * mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52. Mine enemies * chased * me sore * , like a bird, without cause.
53. They have cut off * my life in the dungeon, and cast * a stone upon me.
54. Waters flowed over * mine head;then I said * , I am cut off * .
55. I called * upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56. Thou hast heard * my voice: hide * not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57. Thou drewest near * in the day that I called * upon thee: thou saidst * , Fear * not.
58. O Lord, thou hast pleaded * the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed * my life.
59. O LORD, thou hast seen * my wrong: judge * thou my cause.
60. Thou hast seen * all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61. Thou hast heard * their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62. The lips of those that rose up * against me, and their device against me all the day.
63. Behold * their sitting down * , and their rising up; I am their musick.
64. Render * unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65. Give * them sorrow of heart,thy curse unto them.
66. Persecute * and destroy * them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
