Lamentations - douay rheims

Chapter 3

¹ Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.
² Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.
³ Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.
⁴ Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
⁵ Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.
⁶ Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.
⁷ Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.
⁸ Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.
⁹ Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.
¹⁰ Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.
¹¹ Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.
¹² Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.
¹³ He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.
¹⁴ He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.
¹⁵ He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.
¹⁶ Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.
¹⁷ Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.
¹⁸ Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.
¹⁹ Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall.
²⁰ Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.
²¹ Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.
²² Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.
²³ Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.
²⁴ Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.
²⁵ Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
²⁶ Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
²⁷ Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.
²⁸ Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
²⁹ Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
³⁰ Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.
³¹ Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
³² Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.
³³ Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.
³⁴ Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
³⁵ Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,
³⁶ Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.
³⁷ Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?
³⁸ Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?
³⁹ Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?
⁴⁰ Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.
⁴¹ Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.
⁴² Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.
⁴³ Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.
⁴⁴ Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.
⁴⁵ Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.
⁴⁶ Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
⁴⁷ Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.
⁴⁸ Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
⁴⁹ Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:
⁵⁰ Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.
⁵¹ Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
⁵² Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.
⁵³ Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.
⁵⁴ Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.
⁵⁵ Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.
⁵⁶ Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.
⁵⁷ Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.
⁵⁸ Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.
⁵⁹ Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.
⁶⁰ Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.
⁶¹ Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.
⁶² Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.
⁶³ Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.
⁶⁴ Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
⁶⁵ Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.
⁶⁶ Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

Lamentations - webster

Chapter 3

¹ I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
² He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
³ Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
⁴ My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
⁵ He hath built against me, and compassed me with gall and labor.
⁶ He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old.
⁷ He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
⁸ Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
⁹ He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
¹⁰ He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
¹¹ He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
¹² He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
¹³ He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
¹⁴ I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
¹⁷ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
¹⁸ And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
¹⁹ Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
²⁰ My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
²¹ This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
²² It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
²³ They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
²⁴ The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
²⁵ The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
²⁶ It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
²⁷ It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
²⁸ He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
²⁹ He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
³⁰ He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
³¹ For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
³² But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
³³ For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
³⁴ To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
³⁵ To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
³⁶ To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
³⁷ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
³⁸ Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
³⁹ Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
⁴⁰ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
⁴² We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
⁴³ Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
⁴⁴ Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
⁴⁵ Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
⁴⁶ All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
⁴⁷ Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
⁴⁸ My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
⁴⁹ My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
⁵⁰ Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
⁵¹ My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
⁵² My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
⁵⁴ Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
⁵⁵ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
⁵⁶ Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
⁵⁷ Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
⁵⁸ O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
⁶⁰ Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
⁶¹ Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
⁶² The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
⁶³ Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.
⁶⁴ Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
⁶⁶ Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

Lamentations - world english bible

Chapter 3

¹ am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
² has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
³ against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
⁴ flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
⁵ has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.
⁶ has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
⁷ has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
⁸ when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
⁹ has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
¹⁰ is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
¹¹ has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
¹² has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
¹³ has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
¹⁴ am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
¹⁵ has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
¹⁶ has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
¹⁷ have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
¹⁸ said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.
¹⁹ my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
²⁰ soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
²¹ I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
²² is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.
²³ are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
²⁵ is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
²⁶ is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
²⁷ is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
²⁸ him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
²⁹ him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
³⁰ him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.
³¹ the Lord will not cast off forever.
³² though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
³³ he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
³⁴ crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
³⁵ turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
³⁶ subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.
³⁷ is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?
³⁸ evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
³⁹ does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
⁴⁰ us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
⁴¹ us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
⁴² have transgressed and have rebelled; you have not pardoned.
⁴³ have covered with anger and pursued us; you have killed, you have not pitied.
⁴⁴ have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
⁴⁵ have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
⁴⁶ our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
⁴⁷ and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.
⁴⁸ eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
⁴⁹ eye pours down, and doesn't cease, without any intermission,
⁵⁰ Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.
⁵¹ eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
⁵² have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
⁵³ have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
⁵⁴ flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
⁵⁵ called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
⁵⁶ heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
⁵⁷ drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid.
⁵⁸ you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
⁶⁰ have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
⁶¹ have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their devices against me,
⁶² lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
⁶³ see their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
⁶⁴ will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
⁶⁶ will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

Lamentations - darby

Chapter 3

¹ I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
² Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
³ Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
⁴ My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
⁵ He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
⁶ He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
⁷ He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
⁸ Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
⁹ He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
¹⁰ He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
¹¹ He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
¹² He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
¹³ He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
¹⁴ I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
¹⁵ He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
¹⁷ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
¹⁸ And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
¹⁹ Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
²⁰ My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
²¹ -- This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.
²² It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
²³ they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
²⁴ Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
²⁵ Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
²⁶ It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
²⁸ He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
²⁹ he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
³⁰ he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
³¹ For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
³² but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
³³ for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
³⁴ To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
³⁵ to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
³⁶ to wrong a man in his cause, -- will not the Lord see it?
³⁷ Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
³⁸ Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
³⁹ Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
⁴⁰ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto ùGod in the heavens.
⁴² We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
⁴³ Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
⁴⁴ Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
⁴⁵ Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
⁴⁶ All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
⁴⁷ Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
⁴⁸ Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
⁴⁹ Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
⁵⁰ till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.
⁵¹ Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
⁵² They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
⁵³ They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
⁵⁴ Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
⁵⁵ I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
⁵⁶ Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
⁵⁷ Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
⁵⁸ Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
⁶⁰ Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.
⁶¹ Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;
⁶² the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.
⁶³ Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
⁶⁴ Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;
⁶⁵ give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
⁶⁶ pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Lamentations - american standard version

Chapter 3

¹ I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
² He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
³ Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
⁴ My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
⁵ He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
⁶ He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
⁷ He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
⁸ Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
⁹ He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
¹⁰ He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
¹¹ He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
¹² He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
¹³ He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
¹⁴ I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
¹⁷ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
¹⁸ And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
¹⁹ Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
²⁰ My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
²¹ This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
²² [It is of] Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
²³ They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
²⁴ Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
²⁵ Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
²⁶ It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
²⁸ Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
³⁰ Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
³¹ For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
³² For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
³³ For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
³⁴ To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
³⁵ To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
³⁶ To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
³⁷ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
³⁸ Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
³⁹ Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
⁴⁰ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
⁴² We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
⁴³ Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
⁴⁴ Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
⁴⁵ Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
⁴⁶ All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
⁴⁷ Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.
⁴⁸ Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
⁴⁹ Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
⁵⁰ Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.
⁵¹ Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
⁵² They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
⁵⁴ Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
⁵⁵ I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
⁵⁶ Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
⁵⁷ Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
⁵⁸ O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
⁶⁰ Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
⁶¹ Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
⁶² The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
⁶³ Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
⁶⁴ Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
⁶⁶ Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Lamentations - basic english

Chapter 3

¹ I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
² By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
³ Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
⁴ My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
⁵ He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
⁶ He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
⁷ He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
⁸ Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
⁹ He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
¹⁰ He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
¹¹ By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
¹² With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
¹³ He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
¹⁴ I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
¹⁵ He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
¹⁶ By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
¹⁷ My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
¹⁸ And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
¹⁹ Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
²⁰ My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
²¹ This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
²² It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
²³ They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
²⁴ I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
²⁵ The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
²⁶ It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷ It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
²⁸ Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
³⁰ Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
³¹ For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
³² For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
³³ For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
³⁴ In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
³⁵ In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
³⁶ In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
³⁷ Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
³⁸ Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
³⁹ What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
⁴⁰ Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
⁴¹ Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
⁴² We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.
⁴³ Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;
⁴⁴ Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
⁴⁵ You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
⁴⁶ The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
⁴⁷ Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.
⁴⁸ Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
⁴⁹ My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest,
⁵⁰ Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
⁵¹ The Lord is unkind to my soul, more than all the daughters of my town.
⁵² They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
⁵³ They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
⁵⁴ Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
⁵⁵ I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
⁵⁶ My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
⁵⁷ You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
⁵⁸ O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
⁵⁹ O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
⁶⁰ You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.
⁶¹ Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;
⁶² The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.
⁶³ Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
⁶⁴ You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
⁶⁶ You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.