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Lamentations 3

New Revised Standard NRS

1 I am one who has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath;

2 he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;

3 against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long.

4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;

5 he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;

6 he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago.

7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me;

8 though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;

9 he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.

10 He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

11 he led me off my way and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;

12 he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.

13 He shot into my vitals the arrows of his quiver;

14 I have become the laughingstock of all my people, the object of their taunt-songs all day long.

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

16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;

17 my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;

18 so I say, "Gone is my glory, and all that I had hoped for from the Lord."

19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall!

20 My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.

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

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

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

24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

27 It is good for one to bear the yoke in youth,

28 to sit alone in silence when the Lord has imposed it,

29 to put one's mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),

30 to give one's cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults.

31 For the Lord will not reject forever.

32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

33 for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone.

34 When all the prisoners of the land are crushed under foot,

35 when human rights are perverted in the presence of the Most High,

36 when one's case is subverted —does the Lord not see it?

37 Who can command and have it done, if the Lord has not ordained it?

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?

39 Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?

40 Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord.

41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven.

42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.

43 You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity;

44 you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

45 You have made us filth and rubbish among the peoples.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us;

47 panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

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

49 My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite,

50 until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees.

51 My eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the young women in my city.

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

53 they flung me alive into a pit and hurled stones on me;

54 water closed over my head; I said, "I am lost."

55 I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit;

56 you heard my plea, "Do not close your ear to my cry for help, but give me relief!"

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

58 You have taken up my cause, O Lord, you have redeemed my life.

59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; judge my cause.

60 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.

61 You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.

62 The whispers and murmurs of my assailants are against me all day long.

63 Whether they sit or rise—see, I am the object of their taunt-songs.

64 Pay them back for their deeds, O Lord, according to the work of their hands!

65 Give them anguish of heart; your curse be on them!

66 Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the Lord's heavens.

Common English Bible CEB

1 I am someone who saw the suffering caused by God's angry rod.

2 He drove me away, forced me to walk in darkness, not light.

3 He turned his hand even against me, over and over again, all day long.

4 He wore out my flesh and my skin; he broke my bones.

5 He besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and weariness.

6 He made me live in dark places like those who've been dead a long time.

7 He walled me in so I couldn't escape; he made my chains heavy.

8 Even though I call out and cry for help, he silences my prayer.

9 He walled in my paths with stonework; he made my routes crooked.

10 He is a bear lurking for me, a lion in hiding.

11 He took me from my path and tore me apart; he made me desolate.

12 He drew back his bow, made me a shooting target for arrows.

13 He shot the arrows of his quiver into my inside parts.

14 I have become a joke to all my people, the object of their song of ridicule all day long.

15 He saturated me with grief, made me choke on bitterness.

16 He crushed my teeth into the gravel; he pressed me down into the ashes.

17 I've rejected peace; I've forgotten what is good.

18 I thought: My future is gone, as well as my hope from the LORD.

19 The memory of my suffering and homelessness is bitterness and poison.

20 I can't help but remember and am depressed.

21 I call all this to mind—therefore, I will wait.

22 Certainly the faithful love of the LORD hasn't ended; certainly God's compassion isn't through!

23 They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

24 I think: The LORD is my portion! Therefore, I'll wait for him.

25 The LORD is good to those who hope in him, to the person who seeks him.

26 It's good to wait in silence for the LORD's deliverance.

27 It's good for a man to carry a yoke in his youth.

28 He should sit alone and be silent when God lays it on him.

29 He should put his mouth in the dirt—perhaps there is hope.

30 He should offer his cheek for a blow; he should be filled with shame.

31 My Lord definitely won't reject forever.

32 Although he has caused grief, he will show compassion in measure with his covenant loyalty.

33 He definitely doesn't enjoy affliction, making humans suffer.

34 Now crushing underfoot all the earth's prisoners,

35 denying someone justice before the Most High,

36 subverting a person's lawsuit—doesn't my Lord see all this?

37 Who ever spoke and it happened if my Lord hadn't commanded the same?

38 From the mouth of the Most High evil things don't come, but rather good!

39 Why then does any living person complain; why should anyone complain about their sins?

40 We must search and examine our ways; we must return to the LORD.

41 We should lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven.

42 We are the ones who did wrong; we rebelled. But you, God, have not forgiven.

43 You wrapped yourself up in wrath and hunted us; you killed, showing no compassion.

44 You wrapped yourself up in a cloud; prayers can't make it through!

45 You made us trash and garbage in front of all other people.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 Terror and trap have come upon us, catastrophe and collapse!

48 Streams of water pour from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 My eyes flow and don't stop. There is no relief

50 until the LORD looks down from the heavens and notices.

51 My eyes hurt me because of what's happened to my city's daughters.

52 My enemies hunted me down like a bird, relentlessly, for no reason.

53 They caught me alive in a pit and threw stones at me;

54 water flowed over my head. I thought: I'm finished.

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

56 Hear my voice. Don't close your ear to my need for relief, to my cry for help.

57 Come near to me on the day I call to you. Say to me, "Don't be afraid."

58 My Lord! Plead my desperate case; redeem my life.

59 LORD, look at my mistreatment; judge my cause.

60 Look at all of my enemies' vengeance, all of their scheming against me.

61 Hear their jeering, LORD, all of their scheming against me,

62 the speech of those who rise up against me, their incessant gossiping about me.

63 Whether sitting or standing, look at how I am the object of their song of ridicule.

64 Pay them back fully, LORD, according to what they have done.

65 Give them a tortured mind—put your curse on them!

66 Angrily hunt them down; wipe them out from under the LORD's heaven.