3 <poetry> I am the man who has seen affliction <indent>by the rod of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>’s wrath. </indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>He has driven me away and made me walk <indent>in darkness rather than light;</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>indeed, he has turned his hand against me <indent>again and again, all day long.</indent><poetry></poetry> 4 <poetry>He has made my skin and my flesh grow old <indent>and has broken my bones. </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>He has besieged me and surrounded me <indent>with bitterness and hardship. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>He has made me dwell in darkness <indent>like those long dead. </indent><poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>He has walled me in so I cannot escape; <indent>he has weighed me down with chains. </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>Even when I call out or cry for help, <indent>he shuts out my prayer. </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>He has barred my way with blocks of stone; <indent>he has made my paths crooked. </indent><poetry></poetry> 10 <poetry>Like a bear lying in wait, <indent>like a lion in hiding, </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>he dragged me from the path and mangled me <indent>and left me without help.</indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>He drew his bow <indent>and made me the target for his arrows. </indent><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>He pierced my heart <indent>with arrows from his quiver. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>I became the laughingstock of all my people; <indent>they mock me in song all day long.</indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>He has filled me with bitter herbs <indent>and given me gall to drink. </indent><poetry></poetry> 16 <poetry>He has broken my teeth with gravel; <indent>he has trampled me in the dust. </indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>I have been deprived of peace; <indent>I have forgotten what prosperity is.</indent> </poetry> 18 <poetry>So I say, “My splendor is gone <indent>and all that I had hoped from the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.” </indent><poetry></poetry> 19 <poetry>I remember my affliction and my wandering, <indent>the bitterness and the gall. </indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>I well remember them, <indent>and my soul is downcast within me. </indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>Yet this I call to mind <indent>and therefore I have hope:</indent><poetry></poetry> 22 <poetry>Because of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>’s great love we are not consumed, <indent>for his compassions never fail. </indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry>They are new every morning; <indent>great is your faithfulness. </indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>I say to myself, “The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is my portion; <indent>therefore I will wait for him.”</indent><poetry></poetry> 25 <poetry>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is good to those whose hope is in him, <indent>to the one who seeks him; </indent> </poetry> 26 <poetry>it is good to wait quietly <indent>for the salvation of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. </indent> </poetry> 27 <poetry>It is good for a man to bear the yoke <indent>while he is young.</indent><poetry></poetry> 28 <poetry>Let him sit alone in silence, <indent>for the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has laid it on him.</indent> </poetry> 29 <poetry>Let him bury his face in the dust — <indent>there may yet be hope. </indent> </poetry> 30 <poetry>Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, <indent>and let him be filled with disgrace. </indent><poetry></poetry> 31 <poetry>For no one is cast off <indent>by the Lord forever. </indent> </poetry> 32 <poetry>Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, <indent>so great is his unfailing love. </indent> </poetry> 33 <poetry>For he does not willingly bring affliction <indent>or grief to anyone. </indent><poetry></poetry> 34 <poetry>To crush underfoot <indent>all prisoners in the land,</indent> </poetry> 35 <poetry>to deny people their rights <indent>before the Most High, </indent> </poetry> 36 <poetry>to deprive them of justice— <indent>would not the Lord see such things? </indent><poetry></poetry> 37 <poetry>Who can speak and have it happen <indent>if the Lord has not decreed it? </indent> </poetry> 38 <poetry>Is it not from the mouth of the Most High <indent>that both calamities and good things come? </indent> </poetry> 39 <poetry>Why should the living complain <indent>when punished for their sins? </indent><poetry></poetry> 40 <poetry>Let us examine our ways and test them, <indent>and let us return to the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. </indent> </poetry> 41 <poetry>Let us lift up our hearts and our hands <indent>to God in heaven, and say:</indent> </poetry> 42 <poetry>“We have sinned and rebelled <indent>and you have not forgiven. </indent><poetry></poetry> 43 <poetry>“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; <indent>you have slain without pity. </indent> </poetry> 44 <poetry>You have covered yourself with a cloud <indent>so that no prayer can get through. </indent> </poetry> 45 <poetry>You have made us scum and refuse <indent>among the nations.</indent><poetry></poetry> 46 <poetry>“All our enemies have opened their mouths <indent>wide against us. </indent> </poetry> 47 <poetry>We have suffered terror and pitfalls, <indent>ruin and destruction. ”</indent> </poetry> 48 <poetry>Streams of tears flow from my eyes <indent>because my people are destroyed. </indent><poetry></poetry> 49 <poetry>My eyes will flow unceasingly, <indent>without relief, </indent> </poetry> 50 <poetry>until the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> looks down <indent>from heaven and sees. </indent> </poetry> 51 <poetry>What I see brings grief to my soul <indent>because of all the women of my city.</indent><poetry></poetry> 52 <poetry>Those who were my enemies without cause <indent>hunted me like a bird. </indent> </poetry> 53 <poetry>They tried to end my life in a pit <indent>and threw stones at me;</indent> </poetry> 54 <poetry>the waters closed over my head, <indent>and I thought I was about to perish. </indent><poetry></poetry> 55 <poetry>I called on your name, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>from the depths of the pit. </indent> </poetry> 56 <poetry>You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears <indent>to my cry for relief.”</indent> </poetry> 57 <poetry>You came near when I called you, <indent>and you said, “Do not fear.” </indent><poetry></poetry> 58 <poetry>You, Lord, took up my case; <indent>you redeemed my life. </indent> </poetry> 59 <poetry><smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, you have seen the wrong done to me. <indent>Uphold my cause! </indent> </poetry> 60 <poetry>You have seen the depth of their vengeance, <indent>all their plots against me. </indent><poetry></poetry> 61 <poetry><smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, you have heard their insults, <indent>all their plots against me—</indent> </poetry> 62 <poetry>what my enemies whisper and mutter <indent>against me all day long. </indent> </poetry> 63 <poetry>Look at them! Sitting or standing, <indent>they mock me in their songs. </indent><poetry></poetry> 64 <poetry>Pay them back what they deserve, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>for what their hands have done. </indent> </poetry> 65 <poetry>Put a veil over their hearts, <indent>and may your curse be on them!</indent> </poetry> 66 <poetry>Pursue them in anger and destroy them <indent>from under the heavens of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry>

<ft>1</ft>I am the man who has seen affliction<cr>1</cr> <indent>by the rod of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>’s wrath.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:1

He has driven me away and made me walk <indent>in darkness<cr>1</cr> rather than light;</indent>

Lamentations 3:2

indeed, he has turned his hand against me<cr>1</cr> <indent>again and again, all day long.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:3

He has made my skin and my flesh grow old<cr>1</cr> <indent>and has broken my bones.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:4

He has besieged me and surrounded me <indent>with bitterness<cr>1</cr> and hardship.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:5

He has made me dwell in darkness <indent>like those long dead.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:6

He has walled me in so I cannot escape;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he has weighed me down with chains.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:7

Even when I call out or cry for help,<cr>1</cr> <indent>he shuts out my prayer.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:8

He has barred<cr>1</cr> my way with blocks of stone; <indent>he has made my paths crooked.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:9

Like a bear lying in wait, <indent>like a lion<cr>1</cr> in hiding,<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:10

he dragged me from the path and mangled<cr>1</cr> me <indent>and left me without help.</indent>

Lamentations 3:11

He drew his bow<cr>1</cr> <indent>and made me the target<cr>2</cr> for his arrows.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:12

He pierced<cr>1</cr> my heart <indent>with arrows from his quiver.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:13

I became the laughingstock<cr>1</cr> of all my people;<cr>2</cr> <indent>they mock me in song<cr>3</cr> all day long.</indent>

Lamentations 3:14

He has filled me with bitter herbs <indent>and given me gall to drink.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:15

He has broken my teeth with gravel;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he has trampled me in the dust.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:16

I have been deprived of peace; <indent>I have forgotten what prosperity is.</indent>

Lamentations 3:17

So I say, “My splendor is gone <indent>and all that I had hoped from the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.”<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:18

I remember my affliction and my wandering, <indent>the bitterness<cr>1</cr> and the gall.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:19

I well remember them, <indent>and my soul is downcast<cr>1</cr> within me.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:20

Yet this I call to mind <indent>and therefore I have hope:</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:21

Because of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>’s great love<cr>1</cr> we are not consumed,<cr>2</cr> <indent>for his compassions never fail.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:22

They are new every morning; <indent>great is your faithfulness.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:23

I say to myself, “The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is my portion;<cr>1</cr> <indent>therefore I will wait for him.”</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:24

The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is good to those whose hope is in him, <indent>to the one who seeks him;<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:25

it is good to wait quietly<cr>1</cr> <indent>for the salvation of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:26

It is good for a man to bear the yoke <indent>while he is young.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:27

Let him sit alone in silence,<cr>1</cr> <indent>for the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has laid it on him.</indent>

Lamentations 3:28

Let him bury his face in the dust<cr>1</cr> — <indent>there may yet be hope.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:29

Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and let him be filled with disgrace.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:30

For no one is cast off <indent>by the Lord forever.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:31

Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, <indent>so great is his unfailing love.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:32

For he does not willingly bring affliction <indent>or grief to anyone.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:33

To crush underfoot <indent>all prisoners in the land,</indent>

Lamentations 3:34

to deny people their rights <indent>before the Most High,<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:35

to deprive them of justice— <indent>would not the Lord see such things?<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:36

Who can speak and have it happen <indent>if the Lord has not decreed it?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:37

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High <indent>that both calamities and good things come?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:38

Why should the living complain <indent>when punished for their sins?<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:39

Let us examine our ways and test them,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and let us return to the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:40

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands <indent>to God in heaven,<cr>1</cr> and say:</indent>

Lamentations 3:41

“We have sinned and rebelled<cr>1</cr> <indent>and you have not forgiven.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:42

“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued<cr>1</cr> us; <indent>you have slain without pity.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:43

You have covered yourself with a cloud<cr>1</cr> <indent>so that no prayer<cr>2</cr> can get through.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:44

You have made us scum<cr>1</cr> and refuse <indent>among the nations.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:45

“All our enemies have opened their mouths <indent>wide<cr>1</cr> against us.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:46

We have suffered terror and pitfalls,<cr>1</cr> <indent>ruin and destruction.<cr>2</cr> ”</indent>

Lamentations 3:47

Streams of tears<cr>1</cr> flow from my eyes<cr>2</cr> <indent>because my people are destroyed.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes will flow unceasingly, <indent>without relief,<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:49

until the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> looks down <indent>from heaven and sees.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:50

What I see brings grief to my soul <indent>because of all the women of my city.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:51

Those who were my enemies without cause <indent>hunted me like a bird.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:52

They tried to end my life in a pit<cr>1</cr> <indent>and threw stones at me;</indent>

Lamentations 3:53

the waters closed over my head,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and I thought I was about to perish.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:54

I called on your name, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>from the depths<cr>1</cr> of the pit.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:55

You heard my plea:<cr>1</cr> “Do not close your ears <indent>to my cry for relief.”</indent>

Lamentations 3:56

You came near<cr>1</cr> when I called you, <indent>and you said, “Do not fear.”<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:57

You, Lord, took up my case;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you redeemed my life.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:58

<smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, you have seen the wrong done to me.<cr>1</cr> <indent>Uphold my cause!<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:59

You have seen the depth of their vengeance, <indent>all their plots against me.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:60

<smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, you have heard their insults,<cr>1</cr> <indent>all their plots against me—</indent>

Lamentations 3:61

what my enemies whisper and mutter <indent>against me all day long.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:62

Look at them! Sitting or standing, <indent>they mock me in their songs.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 3:63

Pay them back what they deserve, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>for what their hands have done.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Lamentations 3:64

Put a veil over their hearts,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and may your curse be on them!</indent>

Lamentations 3:65

Pursue<cr>1</cr> them in anger and destroy them <indent>from under the heavens of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent>

Lamentations 3:66

 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.

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