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Lamentations 3:37-66

New American Standard Bible NAS

37 Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?

39 Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins?

40 Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD .

41 We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;

42 We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned.

43 You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared.

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

45 You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;

48 My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 My eyes pour down unceasingly , Without stopping,

50 Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven.

51 My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

52 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird;

53 They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.

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

55 I called on Your name, O LORD , Out of the lowest pit.

56 You have heard my voice, "Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help."

57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!"

58 O Lord , You have pleaded my soul's cause; You have redeemed my life.

59 O LORD , You have seen my oppression; Judge my case.

60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

61 You have heard their reproach, O LORD , All their schemes against me.

62 The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long.

63 Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.

64 You will recompense them, O LORD , According to the work of their hands.

65 You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them.

66 You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD !

New International Version NIV

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.