Lamentations 3:19-66
Legacy Standard Bible
The Lord Will Not Reject Forever
Zayin
19 Remember my affliction and my [a]homelessness, the (A)wormwood and gall.
20 Surely (B)my soul remembers
And is (C)bowed down within me.
21 This I will return to my heart;
Therefore I will (D)wait in hope.
Heth
22 The (E)lovingkindnesses of Yahweh [b]indeed never cease,
(F)For His compassions never fail.
23 They are new (G)every morning;
Great is (H)Your faithfulness.
24 “Yahweh is my (I)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I (J)wait for Him.”
Teth
25 Yahweh is good to those who (K)hope in Him,
To the soul who (L)seeks Him.
26 It is good that he (M)waits silently
For the salvation of Yahweh.
27 It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.
Yodh
28 Let him (N)sit alone and be silent
Since He has laid it on him.
29 Let him [c]put his mouth in the (O)dust;
Perhaps there is (P)hope.
30 Let him give his (Q)cheek to the one who strikes him;
Let him be saturated with reproach.
Kaph
31 For the Lord will (R)not reject forever,
32 For if He causes grief,
Then He will have (S)compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.
33 For He (T)does not afflict from His heart
Or grieve the sons of men.
Lamedh
34 To crush under His feet
All the prisoners of the [d]land,
35 To [e]deprive a man of (U)justice
In the presence of the Most High,
36 To [f](V)defraud a man in his legal case—
These things the Lord does not see with approval.
Mem
37 Who is [g]there who speaks and it (W)happens,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (X)both calamities and [h]good go forth?
39 Why should any living [i]person or any man
(Y)Complain because of his sins?
Nun
40 Let us (Z)search out and examine our ways,
And let us return to Yahweh.
41 We (AA)lift up our heart to our hands
Toward God in heaven;
42 We have (AB)transgressed and rebelled;
You have (AC)not pardoned.
Samekh
43 You have covered Yourself with (AD)anger
And (AE)pursued us;
You have killed and (AF)have not spared.
44 You have (AG)covered Yourself with a cloud
So that (AH)no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us mere (AI)scum and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
Pe
46 All our enemies have (AJ)opened their mouths against us.
47 (AK)Panic and pitfall have befallen us,
Devastation and destruction;
48 My [j](AL)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ayin
49 My eyes pour down (AM)unceasingly,
Without stopping,
50 Until Yahweh (AN)looks down
And sees from heaven.
51 My eyes deal severely with my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
Tsadhe
52 My enemies (AO)without cause
Hunted me down (AP)like a bird;
53 They have silenced my life (AQ)in the pit
And have [k](AR)placed a stone on me.
54 Waters flowed (AS)over my head;
I said, “I am cut off!”
Qoph
55 I (AT)called on Your name, O Yahweh,
Out of the lowest pit.
56 You have (AU)heard my voice,
“(AV)Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
57 You (AW)drew near when I called on You;
You said, “(AX)Do not fear!”
Resh
58 O Lord, You (AY)have pleaded my soul’s cause;
You have (AZ)redeemed my life.
59 O Yahweh, You have (BA)seen my oppression;
(BB)Judge my case.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
All their (BC)purposes against me.
Sin/ Shin
61 You have heard their (BD)reproach, O Yahweh,
All their purposes against me.
62 The (BE)lips of those who rise against me and their whispering
Are against me all day long.
63 Look on their (BF)sitting and their rising;
(BG)I am their mocking song.
Tav
64 You will (BH)recompense them, O Yahweh,
According to the work of their hands.
65 You will give them [l](BI)dullness of heart;
Your curse will be on them.
66 You will (BJ)pursue them in anger and destroy them
From under the (BK)heavens of Yahweh!
Notas al pie
- Lamentations 3:19 Or bitterness
- Lamentations 3:22 Or that we are not consumed
- Lamentations 3:29 Lit give
- Lamentations 3:34 Or earth
- Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case
- Lamentations 3:36 Lit make crooked
- Lamentations 3:37 Lit this
- Lamentations 3:38 Lit the good
- Lamentations 3:39 Or human being
- Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye brings
- Lamentations 3:53 Or cast stones
- Lamentations 3:65 Or insolence
Lamentations 3:19-66
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 Remember my affliction and my homeless wandering,
the wormwood and bitterness.
20 My soul always remembers, and it has sunk within me.
21 Nevertheless, I keep this in my heart. This is the reason I have hope:
22 By the mercies of the Lord we are not consumed, for his compassions do not fail.
23 They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
24 My soul says, “The Lord is my portion. Therefore, I will hope in him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 It is good to hope quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bears a yoke early in his life.
28 Let him sit alone and be silent, because the Lord has laid this upon him.
29 Let him stick his face in the dust. Perhaps there still is hope.
30 Let him turn his cheek toward the one who strikes him. Let him be filled with disgrace.
31 For the Lord will not push us away forever.
32 Even though he brings grief, he will show compassion on the basis of his great mercy.
33 Certainly it is not what his heart desires when he causes affliction,
when he brings grief to the children of men.
34 To crush all the land’s prisoners under his feet,
35 to deny a man’s right before the face of the Most High,
36 to undermine a man in his legal dispute—
the Lord does not look with favor on these things.[a]
37 Who can speak something and have it happen, unless the Lord commands it?
38 Don’t the bad things and the good both come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 How can any living man complain?
How can someone complain about the consequences of his sins?
40 Let us explore and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven.
42 We were disobedient and rebelled, so you did not forgive.
43 You covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You killed and did not spare.
44 You covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer passes through.
45 You make us like scraps and garbage among the peoples.
46 All our enemies opened their mouth against us.
47 Panic and the pit were ours, devastation and destruction.
48 Streams of water run down from my eyes,
because of the breaking of the daughter of my people.
49 My eye pours without stopping. It will not cease,
50 until the Lord looks down so that he sees from heaven.
51 What I see makes my soul ache for all the daughters of my city.
52 For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53 They ended my life in the pit and threw stones at me.
54 Water flowed above my head, and I said, “I am cut off!”
55 I called on your name, Lord, from the deepest pit.
56 You heard my voice: “Do not hide your ear from my cry for relief!”
57 The day I called to you, you came near and said, “Do not fear.”
58 Lord, you pleaded my soul’s case. You redeemed my life.
59 Lord, you saw how I was wronged. Judge my case.
60 You saw all their vengeance, all their plans against me.
61 You heard their scorn, Lord, all their plans against me.
62 You heard the lips of those who rise up against me
and their plots against me all day long.
63 Watch them when they sit down and when they get up.
I am the target of their mocking song.
64 You will pay them back, Lord, according to what their hands have done.
65 You will give them a stubborn[b] heart. Your curse is on them.
66 You will pursue them in anger
and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.
Notas al pie
- Lamentations 3:36 The Hebrew reads the Lord did not see.
- Lamentations 3:65 The meaning of this word is uncertain.
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