Lamentations 3
1 I am a man familiar with affliction— under the rod of God’s anger.ISV — Lamentations 3:1
2 He has led me—brought me into darkness, not into light.ISV — Lamentations 3:2
3 He truly turned his hand against me, again and again, all day long.ISV — Lamentations 3:3
4 He made my flesh and skin prematurely old; he broke my bones.ISV — Lamentations 3:4
5 He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering.ISV — Lamentations 3:5
6 He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead.ISV — Lamentations 3:6
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.ISV — Lamentations 3:7
8 Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help, he shuts out my prayer.ISV — Lamentations 3:8
9 He impeded my way with blocks of stone, making my paths uneven.ISV — Lamentations 3:9
10 He is like a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding.ISV — Lamentations 3:10
11 He forced me off my path, tearing me to pieces and making me desolate.ISV — Lamentations 3:11
12 He bent his bow, aiming at me with his arrow.ISV — Lamentations 3:12
13 He caused his war arrows to pierce my vital organs.ISV — Lamentations 3:13
14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.ISV — Lamentations 3:14
15 He has filled me with bitterness, making me drink wormwood.ISV — Lamentations 3:15
16 He broke my teeth on gravel, covering me with dust.ISV — Lamentations 3:16
17 You have removed peace from my life; I have forgotten what prosperity is. ISV — Lamentations 3:17
18 So I say, “My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD.”ISV — Lamentations 3:18
19 Remember my affliction and homelessness— wormwood and gall!ISV — Lamentations 3:19
20 My mind keeps reflecting on it, and I become depressed. ISV — Lamentations 3:20
21 This is what comes to mind, and therefore I have hope:ISV — Lamentations 3:21
22 Because of the LORD’s gracious love we are not consumed, since his compassions never end.ISV — Lamentations 3:22
23 They are new every morning— great is your faithfulness!ISV — Lamentations 3:23
24 “The LORD is all I have,” says my soul, “Therefore I will trust in him.”ISV — Lamentations 3:24
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the person who searches for him.ISV — Lamentations 3:25
26 It is good to hope and wait patiently for the LORD’s salvation.ISV — Lamentations 3:26
27 It is good when a young man carries the yoke of discipline in his youth.ISV — Lamentations 3:27
28 He is to sit apart and remain silent, because the LORD has laid it upon him.ISV — Lamentations 3:28
29 Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be hope.ISV — Lamentations 3:29
30 He will endure being slapped in the face, bringing him public disgrace.ISV — Lamentations 3:30
31 Indeed, the Lord will not always reject us —ISV — Lamentations 3:31
32 though he causes grief, his compassion abounds according to his gracious love.ISV — Lamentations 3:32
33 For he does not deliberately hurt or grieve human beings.ISV — Lamentations 3:33
34 When any of the prisoners of the earth are crushed underfoot,ISV — Lamentations 3:34
35 when a person’s rights are perverted in defiance of the Most High.ISV — Lamentations 3:35
36 When a man is thwarted in his appeal, does the Lord condone it?ISV — Lamentations 3:36
37 Who can command, and it happens, without the Lord having ordered it?ISV — Lamentations 3:37
38 Do not both good and evil things proceed from the mouth of the Most High?ISV — Lamentations 3:38
39 Why should anyone living complain, any mortal, about being punished for sin?ISV — Lamentations 3:39
40 Let us examine our lifestyles, putting them to the test, and turn back to the LORD.ISV — Lamentations 3:40
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven.ISV — Lamentations 3:41
42 As for us, we have sinned and rebelled; but you have not pardoned us. ISV — Lamentations 3:42
43 Clothing yourself with anger, you pursued us. You killed without pity,ISV — Lamentations 3:43
44 You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce.ISV — Lamentations 3:44
45 You have reduced us to scum and garbage among the nations. ISV — Lamentations 3:45
46 All our enemies jeer at us with gaping mouths.ISV — Lamentations 3:46
47 Panic and pitfalls beset us, along with devastation and ruin.ISV — Lamentations 3:47
48 My eyes run with rivers of tears over the destruction of my cherished people.ISV — Lamentations 3:48
49 My tears pour down ceaselessly; I am far from reliefISV — Lamentations 3:49
50 until the LORD bends down to see from heaven.ISV — Lamentations 3:50
51 What I see grieves my soul because of all the young women of my city.ISV — Lamentations 3:51
52 My enemies hunted me like a bird, viciously and without justification.ISV — Lamentations 3:52
53 They dumped me alive into a pit, sealing me in with stone. ISV — Lamentations 3:53
54 Water closed over my head, and I said, “I’m a dead man.” ISV — Lamentations 3:54
55 I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit, ISV — Lamentations 3:55
56 You heard my voice— don’t close your ear to my sighs and cries. ISV — Lamentations 3:56
57 You drew near when I called out to you. You said, “Stop being afraid”ISV — Lamentations 3:57
58 Lord, you have defended my cause; you have redeemed my life.ISV — Lamentations 3:58
59 LORD, you observed how I have been wronged; now make your ruling in my case.ISV — Lamentations 3:59
60 You examined their plans for vengeance, all of their plots against me.ISV — Lamentations 3:60
61 LORD, you listened to their insults— all their plots against me,ISV — Lamentations 3:61
62 the whisperings of my opponents, their scheming against me all day long.ISV — Lamentations 3:62
63 Watch! Whether they sit down or stand up, they mock me with their songs.ISV — Lamentations 3:63
64 Pay them back, LORD, according to their actions.ISV — Lamentations 3:64
65 Give them an anguished heart; may your curse be upon them!ISV — Lamentations 3:65
66 Pursue them in your anger and destroy them from under the LORD’s heaven.ISV — Lamentations 3:66