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Lamentations 3

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath.

2 He has driven me away and forced [me] to walk in darkness instead of light.

3 Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand against me all day long.

4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

5 He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages.

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He rejects my prayer.

9 He has walled in my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

10 He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding;

11 He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; He left me desolate.

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

13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

14 I am a laughingstock to all my people, mocked by their songs all day long.

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

16 He ground my teeth on gravel and made me cower in the dust.

17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

18 Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord.

19 Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison.

20 I continually remember [them] and have become depressed.

21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

22 [Because of] the Lord's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end.

23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

24 I say: The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him.

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him.

26 It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the Lord.

27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is [still] young.

28 Let him sit alone and be silent, for God has disciplined him.

29 Let him put his mouth in the dust- perhaps there is [still] hope.

30 Let him offer [his] cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with shame.

31 For the Lord will not reject [us] forever.

32 Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love.

33 For He does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind.

34 Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one's feet,

35 denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High,

36 or suppressing a person's lawsuit- the Lord does not approve [of these things].

37 Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained [it]?

38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

39 Why should [any] living person complain, [any] man, because of the punishment for his sins?

40 Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord.

41 Let us lift up our hearts and [our] hands to God in heaven:

42 We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.

43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without compassion.

44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

45 You have made us disgusting filth among the peoples.

46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.

47 We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction.

48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction of my dear people.

49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without end,

50 until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.

51 My eyes bring me grief because of [the fate of] all the women in my city.

52 For no [apparent] reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.

53 They dropped me alive into a pit and threw stones at me.

54 Water flooded over my head, and I thought: I'm going to die!

55 I called on Your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the Pit.

56 You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief.

57 You come near when I call on You; You say: "Do not be afraid."

58 You defend my cause, Lord; You redeem my life.

59 Lord, You see the wrong done to me; judge my case.

60 You see all their malice, all their plots against me.

61 Lord, You hear their insults, all their plots against me.

62 The slander and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long.

63 When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs.

64 You will pay them back what they deserve, Lord, according to the work of their hands.

65 You will give them a heart filled with anguish. May Your curse be on them!

66 You will pursue [them] in anger and destroy them under Your heavens.

New International Version NIV

1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD’s wrath.

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;

3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.

5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.

8 Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.

9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.

10 Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,

11 he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.

12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

13 He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.

14 I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

15 He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.

17 I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

18 So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.”

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

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

24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.

28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.

29 Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.

30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.

31 For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.

32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.

33 For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.

34 To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

35 to deny people their rights before the Most High,

36 to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?

37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.

41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:

42 “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.

43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.

44 You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.

47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.”

48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.

49 My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,

50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

51 What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.

52 Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.

53 They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

54 the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.

55 I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.

56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”

57 You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”

58 You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.

59 LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!

60 You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.

61 LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

62 what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.

63 Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.

64 Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done.

65 Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!

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