Interlinear Bible - Lamentations 3:1-18

1 I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.

w{t'r.b,[ j,bev.B yin\[ h'a'r r,b,G;h yin]a

2 He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

rw{a -a{l.w .$,v{x .$;l{Y;w g;h'n yitw{a

3 Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.

~w{Y;h -l'K w{d'y .${p]h;y bUv'y yiB .$;a

4 He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.

y'tw{m.c;[ r;Biv yirw{[.w yir'f.b h'LiB

5 He has besieged * and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.

h'a'l.t.W va{r @;Q;Y;w y;l'[ h'n'B

6 In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.

~'lw{[ yetem.K yin;byivw{h ~yiK;v]x;m.B

7 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.

yiT.v'x.n dyiB.kih aecea a{l.w yid][;B r;d'G

8 Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.

yit'Lip.T ~;t'f ;[e.W;v]a;w q;[.z,a yiK ~;G

9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

h\Wi[ y;t{byit.n tyiz'g.B y;k'r.D r;d'G

10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

~yir'T.sim.B hey.r;a yil a.Wh ber{a b{D

11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

~em{v yin;m'f yinex.V;p.y;w rerw{s y;k'r.D

12 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

#ex;l a'r'J;M;K yinebyiC;Y;w w{T.v;q .$;r'D

13 He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.

w{t'P.v;a yen.B y'tw{y.lik.B ayibeh

14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day.

~w{Y;h -l'K ~'t'nyig.n yiM;[ -l'k.l ]q{x.F yityIy'h

15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.

h'n][;l yin;w.rih ~yirw{r.M;b yin;[yiB.fih

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust.

r,pea'B yin;vyiP.kih y'Niv #'c'x,B ser.g;Y;w

17 My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.

h'bw{j yityiv'n yiv.p;n ~w{l'Vim x;n.ziT;w

18 So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD."

h'wh.yem yiT.l;xw{t.w yix.cin d;b'a r;m{a'w