Lamentations 3:19-66
Christian Standard Bible
ז Zayin
19 Remember[a] my affliction and my homelessness,(A)
the wormwood and the poison.(B)
20 I continually remember them
and have become depressed.[b](C)
21 Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope:(D)
ח Cheth
22 Because of the Lord’s faithful love(E)
we do not perish,[c]
for his mercies never end.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness!(F)
24 I say, “The Lord is my portion,(G)
therefore I will put my hope in him.”
ט Teth
25 The Lord is good to those who wait(H) for him,
to the person who seeks him.
26 It is good to wait quietly(I)
for salvation from the Lord.(J)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke(K)
while he is still young.
י Yod
28 Let him sit alone and be silent,(L)
for God has disciplined[d] him.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust(M)—
perhaps there is still hope.
30 Let him offer his cheek
to the one who would strike him;(N)
let him be filled with disgrace.
כ Kaph
31 For the Lord
will not reject us forever.
32 Even if he causes suffering,
he will show compassion
according to the abundance of his faithful love.(O)
33 For he does not enjoy bringing affliction(P)
or suffering on mankind.
ל Lamed
34 Crushing all the prisoners of the land[e]
beneath one’s feet,
35 denying justice to a man(Q)
in the presence of the Most High,
36 or subverting a person in his lawsuit(R)—
the Lord does not approve of these things.
מ Mem
37 Who is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?(S)
38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?(T)
39 Why should any living person complain,
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
נ Nun
40 Let’s examine and probe our ways,
and turn back to the Lord.(U)
41 Let’s lift up our hearts and our hands(V)
to God in heaven:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled;
you have not forgiven.(W)
ס Samek
43 “You have covered yourself in anger and pursued us;
you have killed without compassion.(X)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can get through.(Y)
45 You have made us disgusting filth
among the peoples.(Z)
פ Pe
46 “All our enemies
open their mouths against us.(AA)
47 We have experienced panic and pitfall,(AB)
devastation and destruction.”
48 My eyes flow with streams of tears
because of the destruction of my dear people.
ע Ayin
49 My eyes overflow unceasingly,
without end,(AC)
50 until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.(AD)
51 My eyes bring me grief
because of the fate of all the women in my city.
צ Tsade
52 For no reason, my enemies[f]
hunted me like a bird.(AE)
53 They smothered my life in[g] a pit(AF)
and threw stones on me.
54 Water flooded over my head,(AG)
and I thought, “I’m going to die!” (AH)
ק Qoph
55 I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths of the pit.
56 You heard my plea:
Do not ignore my cry for relief.
57 You came near whenever I called you;
you said, “Do not be afraid.”
ר Resh
58 You championed my cause, Lord;(AI)
you redeemed my life.(AJ)
59 Lord, you saw the wrong done to me;
judge my case.
60 You saw all their vengefulness,
all their plots against me.(AK)
שׂ Sin / שׁ Shin
61 Lord, you heard their insults,(AL)
all their plots against me.
62 The slander[h] and murmuring of my opponents
attack me all day long.
63 When they sit and when they rise, look,
I am mocked by their songs.(AM)
ת Taw
64 You will pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
according to the work of their hands.(AN)
65 You will give them a heart filled with anguish.[i](AO)
May your curse be on them!
66 You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
under your heavens.[j](AP)
Notas al pie
- 3:19 Or I remember
- 3:20 Alt Hb tradition reads and you cause me to collapse
- 3:22 One Hb mss, Syr, Tg read The Lord’s faithful love, indeed, does not perish
- 3:28 Lit has laid a burden on
- 3:34 Or earth
- 3:52 Or Those who were my enemies for no reason
- 3:53 Or They ended my life in; Hb obscure
- 3:62 Lit lips
- 3:65 Or them an obstinate heart; Hb obscure
- 3:66 Lit under the Lord’s heavens
Lamentations 3:19-66
English Standard Version
19 (A)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
(B)the wormwood and (C)the gall!
20 My soul continually remembers it
(D)and is bowed down within me.
21 But this I call to mind,
and (E)therefore I have hope:
22 (F)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]
(G)his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new (H)every morning;
(I)great is your faithfulness.
24 (J)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
(K)“therefore I will hope in him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who (L)wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 (M)It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 (N)It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke (O)in his youth.
28 Let him (P)sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
29 (Q)let him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;
30 (R)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
31 (S)For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 but, though he (T)cause grief, (U)he will have compassion
(V)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 (W)for he does not afflict from his heart
or (X)grieve the children of men.
34 To crush underfoot
all (Y)the prisoners of the earth,
35 (Z)to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
(AA)the Lord does not approve.
37 (AB)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 (AC)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 (AD)Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways,
(AE)and return to the Lord!
41 (AF)Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
42 (AG)“We have transgressed and (AH)rebelled,
and you have not forgiven.
43 “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
(AI)killing without pity;
44 (AJ)you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
45 (AK)You have made us scum and garbage
among the peoples.
46 (AL)“All our enemies
open their mouths against us;
47 (AM)panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation and (AN)destruction;
48 (AO)my eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (AP)“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,
50 (AQ)until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees;
51 my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
52 (AR)“I have been hunted (AS)like a bird
by those who were my enemies (AT)without cause;
53 (AU)they flung me alive into the pit
(AV)and cast stones on me;
54 (AW)water closed over my head;
I said, (AX)‘I am lost.’
55 (AY)“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
56 (AZ)you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your ear to my cry for help!’
57 (BA)You came near when I called on you;
you said, (BB)‘Do not fear!’
58 “You have (BC)taken up my cause, (BD)O Lord;
you have (BE)redeemed my life.
59 You have seen the wrong done to me, (BF)O Lord;
judge my cause.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
all (BG)their plots against me.
61 (BH)“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
all (BI)their plots against me.
62 The lips and thoughts (BJ)of my assailants
are against me all the day long.
63 (BK)Behold their sitting and their rising;
(BL)I am the object of their taunts.
64 (BM)“You will repay them,[b] O Lord,
(BN)according to the work of their hands.
65 You will give them[c] dullness of heart;
your curse will be[d] on them.
66 You will pursue them[e] in anger and (BO)destroy them
from under (BP)your heavens, O Lord.”[f]
Notas al pie
- Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off
- Lamentations 3:64 Or Repay them
- Lamentations 3:65 Or Give them
- Lamentations 3:65 Or place your curse
- Lamentations 3:66 Or Pursue them
- Lamentations 3:66 Syriac (compare Septuagint, Vulgate); Hebrew the heavens of the Lord
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