Lamentations 3 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD’s wrath. I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath;
2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones. He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead. He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy;
8 Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked. He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked.
10 Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding, He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help. He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows. He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.
13 He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver. He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver;
14 I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long. I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long. I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink. He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood.
16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust. He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;
17 I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.” So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.”
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!
20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me. My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: But 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. Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! 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.” “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him. Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him. Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him;
29 Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope. Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope. let him put his mouth 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. Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach. let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.
31 For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. For the Lord will not cast us off forever. For the Lord will not cast off forever,
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men. for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men.
34 To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land, To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 to deny people their rights before the Most High, to deny a man justice before the Most High, to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,
36 to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things? to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve. to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve.
37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come? Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?
39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins? Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven. “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” “We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity. You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity;
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.
46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us. All our enemies open their mouths against us. “All our enemies open their mouths against us;
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.” Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction. panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction;
48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people. my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief, My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief, “My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite,
50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. until the LORD from heaven looks down and sees;
51 What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city. My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
52 Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird. Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. “I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause;
53 They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me; They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
54 the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish. The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’
55 I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. “I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit;
56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.” You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’
57 You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.” You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.” You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’
58 You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life. You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life. “You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life.
59 LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause! You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; judge my cause.
60 You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me. You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me. You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.
61 LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me— O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— “You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.
62 what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long. the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long. The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.
63 Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs. When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts.
64 Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done. You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. “You will repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them! Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! You will give them dullness of heart; your curse will be on them.
66 Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD. You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD. You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under your heavens, O LORD.”
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