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Lamentations 3

Wycliffe WYC

1 I am a man seeing my poverty in the rod of his indignation. (I am a man who seeth my poverty, I have felt the rod of his indignation, or of his anger.)

2 He drove me, and brought (me) into darknesses, and not into light.

3 Only he turned into me, and turned together his hand all day. (He turned only against me, and he turned his hand against me all day long.)

4 He made eld my skin, and my flesh; he all-brake my bones. (He made old, or wasted, my skin, and my flesh; he broke all my bones.)

5 He builded in my compass, and he compassed me with gall and travail. (He built all around me, yea, he surrounded me with gall and tribulation.)

6 He setted me in dark places, as everlasting dead men. (He put me in dark places, like the everlasting dead.)

7 He builded about against me, (so) that I go not out; he aggrieved my gyves (he made my chains heavy).

8 But and when I cry and pray, he hath excluded my prayer.

9 He closed together my ways with square stones; he destroyed my paths. (He altogether enclosed my ways with square stones; he destroyed my paths.)

10 He is made (like) a bear setting ambush to me, (like) a lion in hid places.

11 He destroyed my paths, and brake me; he setted me desolate (he left me desolate).

12 He bent his bow, and setted me as a sign to an arrow. (He bent his bow, and made me a target for his arrows.)

13 He sent in(to) my reins the daughters of his arrow case.

14 I am made into scorn to all the people (I am mocked by everyone), the song of them all day (long).

15 He filled me with bitternesses; he greatly filled me with wormwood.

16 He brake at number my teeth (He broke my teeth on gravel); he fed me with ashes.

17 And my soul is put away; I have forgotten goods. (And I have given up; I have forgotten the good things/I have forgotten whatever was good.)

18 And I said, Mine end perished, and mine hope, from the Lord. (And I said, My strength, and my hope in the Lord, have all perished.)

19 Have thou mind on my poverty, and going over, and on wormwood and gall. (Remember my poverty, and my goings about, yea, the wormwood and the gall.)

20 By mind I shall be mindful; and my soul shall fail in me. (Remember, O remember; even though my soul shall fail in me.)

21 I bethink these things in mine heart, I shall hope in God.

22 The mercies of the Lord be many, for we be not wasted; for why his merciful doings failed not.

23 I knew in the morrowtide; thy faith is much [much is thy faith]. (They be new in the morning; great is thy faithfulness.)

24 My soul said, The Lord is my part; therefore I shall abide him. (My soul said, The Lord is my portion; and so I shall wait for him.)

25 The Lord is good to them that hope into him, to a soul seeking him. (The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to someone seeking him.)

26 It is good to abide with stillness the health of God. (It is good to silently wait for the salvation of God./It is good to patiently wait for the deliverance of God.)

27 It is good to a man (It is good for a person), when he hath borne the yoke of his youth.

28 He shall sit alone, and he shall be still; for he raised himself above himself. (He shall sit alone, and he shall be silent/and he shall be patient; and he shall carry it by himself.)

29 He shall set his mouth in (the) dust, if peradventure hope is. (He shall put his face upon the ground, for perhaps there may still be hope.)

30 He shall give the cheek to a man that smiteth him; he shall be filled with shames. (He shall give his cheek to the one who striketh him; he shall be laden with abuse.)

31 For the Lord shall not put away [into] without end. (For the Lord shall not cast us away forever.)

32 For if he casted away, and he shall do mercy after the multitude of his mercies. (For even if he hath cast us away, he shall still do mercy after the multitude of his mercies.)

33 For he maked not low of his heart; and casted not away the sons of men. (For he did not make his heart low; and did not cast away the sons and daughters of men forever.)

34 That he should all-foul under his feet all the bound men of [the] earth. (So that he would all-foul all the bound, or all the imprisoned, on earth, under his feet.)

35 That he should bow down the doom of (a) man, in the sight of the cheer of the Highest. (So that he would deny someone justice, before the very face of the Most High.)

36 That he should pervert a man in his doom, the Lord knew not. (So that he would pervert a person in his judgement; nay, the Lord desireth none of this.)

37 Who is this that said (Who is this who said), that a thing should be done, when the Lord commandeth (it) not?

38 Neither goods neither evils shall go out of the mouth of the Highest. (Do not both good and evil go out from the mouth of the Most High?)

39 What grutched a man living, a man (punished) for his sins? (Why grumble a living man, when he is punished for his sins?)

40 Search we our ways, and seek we, and turn we again to the Lord. (Consider all that we do, and seek we the truth about it, and then turn we again to the Lord.)

41 Raise we our hearts with hands, to the Lord into heavens. (Raise we up our hearts with our hands, to the Lord in heaven.)

42 We have done wickedly, and have stirred thee to wrath; therefore thou art not able to be prayed (to).

43 Thou coveredest in strong vengeance, and smitedest us (and hast struck us); thou killedest (us), and sparedest (us) not.

44 Thou settedest a cloud to thee, that prayer pass not. (Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that prayers cannot pass through.)

45 Thou settedest me, drawing up by the root, and casting out, in the midst of [the] peoples. (Thou hast made us, as if drawn up by the root, and cast out, in the midst of the peoples.)

46 All [the] enemies opened their mouth on us. (All the enemies have opened their mouths against us.)

47 Inward dread and snare is made to us, prophecy and defouling. (Inward fear and snare be made upon us, and prophecy and defiling.)

48 Mine eyes led down partings of waters, for the defouling of the daughter of my people.

49 Mine eye was tormented, and was not still; for no rest was. (My eyes were tormented, and were not still; for there was no rest,)

50 Until the Lord beheld, and saw from heavens. (until the Lord beheld, and saw from heaven.)

51 Mine eye robbed my soul in all the daughters of my city. (My heart is grieved at what befell all the daughters of my city.)

52 Mine enemies took me without cause, by hunting (me) as a bird. (My enemies had no reason to be against me, yet they hunted me down like a bird.)

53 My life slid into a pit; and they putted a stone on me.

54 Waters flowed over mine head; I said, I perish.

55 Lord, I called to help thy name, from the last pit. (Lord, I called thy name for help, from the deepest pit/from the bottom of the pit.)

56 Thou heardest my voice; turn thou not away thine ear from my sobbing and cries.

57 Thou nighedest to me in the day, wherein I called thee to help; thou saidest, Dread thou not. (Thou came to me on the day, when I called to thee for help; thou saidest, Fear thou not.)

58 Lord, again-buyer of my life, thou deemedest the cause of my soul. (Lord, the Redeemer of my life, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul/thou hast pleaded my soul's case.)

59 Lord, thou sawest the wickedness of them against me; deem thou my doom (judge thou my judgement/judge thou my justice).

60 Thou sawest all the strong vengeance, all the thoughts of them against me.

61 Lord, thou heardest the shames of them (Lord, thou heardest their abuse); all the thoughts of them against me.

62 The lips of men rising against me, and the thoughts of them against me all day (long).

63 See thou the sitting and (the) rising again of them; I am the psalm of them (I am their song of mocking).

64 Lord, thou shalt yield while to them, by the works of their hands. (Lord, thou shalt punish them, according to the works of their hands.)

65 Thou shalt give to them the shield of heart, thy travail. (Give thou them much sorrow of heart, and thy trials and tribulation.)

66 Lord, thou shalt pursue them in thy strong vengeance, and thou shalt defoul them under heavens. (Lord, pursue thou them in thy strong anger, and utterly defile, or destroy, thou them under the heavens.)

New International Reader's Version NIRV

1 I am a man who has suffered greatly. The LORD has used the Babylonians to punish our people.

2 He has driven me away. He has made me walk in darkness instead of light.

3 He has turned his powerful hand against me. He has done it again and again, all day long.

4 He has worn my body out. He has broken my bones.

5 He has surrounded me and attacked me. He has made me suffer bitterly. He has made things hard for me.

6 He has made me live in darkness like those who are dead and gone.

7 He has built walls around me. I can't escape. He has put heavy chains on me.

8 I call out and cry for help. But he won't listen to me when I pray.

9 He has put up a stone wall to block my way. He has made my paths crooked.

10 He has been like a bear waiting to attack me. He has been like a lion hiding in the bushes.

11 He has dragged me off the path. He has torn me to pieces. And he has left me helpless.

12 He has gotten his bow ready to use. He has shot his arrows at me.

13 The arrows from his bag have gone through my heart.

14 My people laugh at me all the time. They sing and make fun of me all day long.

15 The LORD has made my life bitter. He has made me suffer bitterly.

16 He made me chew stones that broke my teeth. He has walked all over me in the dust.

17 I have lost all hope of ever having any peace. I've forgotten what good times are like.

18 So I say, "My glory has faded away. My hope in the LORD is gone."

19 I remember how I suffered and wandered. I remember how bitter my life was.

20 I remember it very well. My spirit is very sad deep down inside me.

21 But here is something else I remember. And it gives me hope.

22 The LORD loves us very much. So we haven't been completely destroyed. His loving concern never fails.

23 His great love is new every morning. Lord, how faithful you are!

24 I say to myself, "The LORD is everything I will ever need. So I will put my hope in him."

25 The LORD is good to those who put their hope in him. He is good to those who look to him.

26 It is good when people wait quietly for the LORD to save them.

27 It is good for a man to carry a heavy load of suffering while he is young.

28 Let him sit alone and not say anything. The LORD has placed that load on him.

29 Let him bury his face in the dust. There might still be hope for him.

30 Let him turn his cheek toward those who would slap him. Let him be filled with shame.

31 The Lord doesn't turn his back on people forever.

32 He might bring suffering. But he will also show loving concern. How great his faithful love is!

33 He doesn't want to bring pain or suffering to people.

34 Every time people crush prisoners under their feet, the Lord knows all about it.

35 When people refuse to give a man his rights, the Most High God knows it.

36 When people don't treat a man fairly, the Lord knows it.

37 Suppose people order something to happen. It won't happen unless the Lord has planned it.

38 Troubles and good things alike come to people because the Most High God has commanded them to come.

39 A man who is still alive shouldn't blame God when God punishes him for his sins.

40 Let's take a good look at the way we're living. Let's return to the Lord.

41 Let's lift up our hands to God in heaven. Let's pray to him with all our hearts.

42 Let's say, "We have sinned. We've refused to obey you. And you haven't forgiven us.

43 "You have covered yourself with the cloud of your anger. You have chased us. You have killed our people without pity.

44 You have covered yourself with the cloud of your anger. Our prayers can't get through to you.

45 You have made us become like trash and garbage among the nations.

46 "All of our enemies have opened their mouths wide to swallow us up.

47 We are terrified and trapped. We are broken and destroyed."

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

49 Tears will never stop flowing from my eyes. My eyes can't get any rest.

50 I'll sob until the LORD looks down from heaven. I'll cry until he notices my tears.

51 What I see brings pain to my spirit. All of the people in my city are suffering so much.

52 Those who were my enemies for no reason at all hunted me down as if I were a bird.

53 They tried to end my life by throwing me into a deep pit. They threw stones down at me.

54 The water rose and covered my head. I thought I was going to die.

55 Lord, I called out to you. I called out from the bottom of the pit.

56 I prayed, "Please don't close your ears to my cry for help." And you heard my appeal.

57 You came near when I called out to you. You said, "Do not be afraid."

58 Lord, you stood up for me in court. You saved my life and set me free.

59 Lord, you have seen the wrong things people have done to me. Stand up for me again!

60 You have seen how my enemies have tried to get even with me. You know all about their plans against me.

61 Lord, you have heard them laugh at me. You know all about their plans against me.

62 You have heard my enemies whispering among themselves. They speak against me all day long.

63 Just look at them sitting and standing there! They sing and make fun of me.

64 Lord, pay them back. Punish them for what their hands have done.

65 Cover their minds with a veil. Put a curse on them!

66 Lord, get angry with them and hunt them down. Wipe them off the face of the earth.