Lamentations 3:39-66 ▼

39 Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins?

40 Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.

41 We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;

42 We have transgressed and rebelled, Thou hast not pardoned.

43 Thou hast covered Thyself with anger And pursued us; Thou hast slain and hast not spared.

44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through.

45 Mere offscouring and refuse Thou hast made us In the midst of the peoples.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;

48 My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 My eyes pour down unceasingly, Without stopping,

50 Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven.

51 My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

52 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird;

53 They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.

54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”

55 I called on Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit.

56 Thou hast heard my voice, “Do not hide Thine ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.”

57 Thou didst draw near when I called on Thee; Thou didst say, “Do not fear!”

58 O Lord, Thou didst plead my soul’s cause; Thou hast redeemed my life.

59 O LORD, Thou hast seen my oppression; Judge my case.

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me.

62 The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long.

63 Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.

64 Thou wilt recompense them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.

65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse will be on them.

66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD!