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3:38 Is it not <03808> from the mouth <06310> of the Most High <05945> that everything comes <03318>– both calamity <07451> and blessing <02896>? 3:39 Why <04100> should any living <02416> person <0120> complain <0596> when punished for his sins <02399>? 3:40 נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine <02713> <02664> our ways <01870>, and let us return <07725> to <05704> the Lord <03068>. 3:41 Let us lift up <05375> our hearts <03824> and our hands <03709> to <0413> God <0410> in heaven <08064>: 3:42 “We <05168> have blatantly rebelled <04784> <06586>; you <0859> have not <03808> forgiven <05545>.” 3:43 ס(Samek) You shrouded <05526> yourself with anger <0639> and then pursued <07291> us; you killed <02026> without <03808> mercy <02550>. 3:44 You shrouded <05526> yourself with a cloud <06051> so that no prayer <08605> can get through <05674>. 3:45 You make <07760> us like filthy scum <03973> <05501> in the estimation <07130> of the nations <05971>. 3:46 פ(Pe) All <03605> our enemies <0341> have gloated <06475> over <05921> us; 3:47 Panic <06343> and pitfall <06354> have come <01961> upon us, devastation <07612> and destruction <07667>. 3:48 Streams <06388> of tears <04325> flow <03381> from my eyes <05869> because my people <05971> <01323> are destroyed <07667>. 3:49 ע(Ayin) Tears flow <05064> from my eyes <05869> and will not <03808> stop <01820>; there will be no <0369> break <02014> 3:50 until <05704> the Lord <03068> looks down <08259> from heaven <08064> and sees <07200> what has happened. 3:51 What my eyes <05869> see grieves <05953> me– all <03605> the suffering of the daughters <01323> in my city <05892>. 3:52 צ(Tsade) For no good reason <02600> my enemies <0341> hunted <06679> <06679> me down <06679> <06679> like a bird <06833>. 3:53 They shut <06789> me <02416> up <06789> in a pit <0953> and threw <03034> stones <068> at me. 3:54 The waters <04325> closed <06687> over <05921> my head <07218>; I thought <0559> I was about to die <01504>. 3:55 ק(Qof) I have called <07121> on your name <08034>, O Lord <03068>, from the deepest <08482> pit <0953>. 3:56 You heard <08085> my plea <06963>: “Do not <0408> close <05956> your ears <0241> to my cry <07775> for relief <07309>!” 3:57 You came near <07126> on the day <03117> I called <07121> to you; you said <0559>, “Do not <0408> fear <03372>!” 3:58 ר(Resh) O Lord <0136>, you championed <07378> my <05315> cause <07379>, you redeemed <01350> my life <02416>. 3:59 You have seen <07200> the wrong done <05792> to me, O Lord <03068>; pronounce <08199> judgment <04941> on my behalf! 3:60 You have seen <07200> all <03605> their vengeance <05360>, all <03605> their plots <04284> against me. 3:61 ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their <08085> taunts, O <02781> Lord, all <03068> their <03605> plots against <04284> me <05921>. 3:62 My assailants revile <06965> and conspire <01902> <08193> against <05921> me all <03605> day <03117> long. 3:63 Watch <05027> them <03427> from morning <07012> to evening; I <0589> am the object of their mocking songs <04485>. 3:64 ת(Tav) Pay <07725> them back <07725> what they deserve <01576>, O Lord <03068>, according to what <04639> they have done <04639>. 3:65 Give <05414> them <01992> a distraught <04044> heart <03820>; may your curse <08381> be on them <01992>! 3:66 Pursue <07291> them in anger <0639> and eradicate <08045> them from under <08478> the Lord’s <03068> heaven <08064>.

• Lam 3:1-66 -- The Prophet Speaks:

• Poetry

  [ebd] has been well defined as "the measured language of emotion." Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man's relation to God. "Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon, redemption, repentance are the a...
  [nave] POETRY Lam. 1-5. Didactic Moses' song, Deut. 32. The Book of Job, the Proverbs, Solomon's Song, the books of prophecy. See: Psalms, Didactic. Elegy On the death of Saul, 2 Sam. 1:17, 19-27. Of Abner, 2 Sam. 3:33, 34. ...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
  

• Doubting

  [nave] DOUBTING. Job 4:3-6; Job 9:16-23; Job 30:20, 21 Job 3; 16; 17; 23:15-17. Psa. 22:2; Psa. 31:22; Psa. 42:5, 6; Psa. 49:5; Psa. 73:13-17; Psa. 77:3, 7-9; Prov. 24:10; Isa. 40:27, 28 Isa. 50:2. Isa. 49:14, 15; Jer. 8:18; Jer. ...
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• IMAGINATION

  [isbe] IMAGINATION - i-maj-i-na'-shun (yetser, sheriruth; dianoia): "Imagination" is the translation of yetser, properly "a shaping," hence, "a thought" (Gen 6:5; 8:21; Dt 31:21; 1 Ch 28:9; 29:18). In Isa 26:3 yetser is translated ...
  

• Jeremiah

  [nave] JEREMIAH 1. Of Libnah, grandfather of Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 23:31; 24:18; Jer. 52:1. 2. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 3. An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:4. 4. Two Gadites who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Ch...
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• CLOUD

  [isbe] CLOUD - kloud (`anan, `abh; nephele, nephos): I. Clouds in Palestine. In the Bible few references are found of particular clouds or of clouds in connection with the phenomena of the weather conditions. The weather in Palesti...
  [smith] The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence in Oriental imagery. When a cloud appears rain is ordinarily apprehended, and thus the "cloud without rain" becomes a proverb ...
  

• Prisoners

  [nave] PRISONERS Joseph, Gen. 39:20-23; 40; 41:1-44. Jeremiah, Jer. 38:6-28; 39:14. John the Baptist, Matt. 11:2; 14:3-12; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:20. Jesus, Matt. 26:47-75; 27; Mark 14:43-72; 15; Luke 22:47-71; 23; John 18:3-40; 19. ...
  

• Criminals

  [nave] CRIMINALS Released at feasts, Matt. 27:15, 21; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17. Confined in prisons, Gen. 39:20-23; Ezra 7:26; Acts 4:3; 12:4, 5; 16:19-40; in dungeons, Gen. 40:15; 41:14; Ex. 12:29; Isa. 24:22; Jer. 37:16; 38:10; Lam...
  

• WRATH, (ANGER)

  [isbe] WRATH, (ANGER) - rath, roth, rath ('aph, from 'anaph, "to snort," "to be angry"; orge, thumos, orgizomai): Designates various degrees of feeling, such as sadness (Ps 85:4), a frown or turning away of the face in grief or ang...
  

• Heaven

  [nave] HEAVEN. God's Dwelling Place Deut. 26:15 Zech. 2:13; Isa. 63:15. 1 Kin. 8:30 vs. 39,43,49;; 2 Chr. 6:18, 21, 27, 30, 33, 35, 39; Jer. 23:24. 1 Chr. 16:31; 1 Chr. 21:26 2 Chr. 7:14; Neh. 9:27. 2 Chr. 2:6; 2 Chr. 30:27; Job ...
  

• EYE

  [isbe] EYE - i (`ayin; ophthalmos): (1) The physical organ of sight, "the lamp of the body" (Mt 6:22), one of the chief channels of information for man. A cruel custom therefore sanctioned among heathen nations the putting out of t...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• River

  [isbe] RIVER - riv'-er: (1) The usual word is nahar (Aramaic nehar (Ezr 4:10, etc.)), used of the rivers of Eden (Gen 2:10-14), often of the Euphrates (Gen 15:18, etc.), of Abana and Pharpar (2 Ki 5:12), the river of Gozan (2 Ki 17...
  [nave] RIVER. Figurative Of salvation, Psa. 36:8; 46:4; Isa. 32:2; Ezek. 47:1-12; Rev. 22:1, 2. Of grief, Psa. 119:136; Lam. 3:48.
  

• Psalms 3: Suffering and Hope

  

• Dari Lembah Sengsaraku [KJ.24a]

  	Mzm 130
  1. Dari lembah sengsaraku 'ku berseru, ya Tuhan! Dengarlah suara hambaMu, dosaku pun kabulkan! Jikalau kesalahanku terus teringat olehMu, Tak dapat 'ku bertahan.	Rat 3:55
  2. Namun, ya Tuhan, padaMu terdapat pengampunan; kesalahanku Kautebus, kasihMu Kautunjukkan. Tiada insan yang benar, tetapi rahmatMu yang besar: Terpujilah namaMu!	Mzm 32:1
  3. 'Ku menantikanMu teguh, rahmatMu kudambakan; tak kuandalkan jasaku, firmanMu kuharapkan. Lebih dari pengawal pun menunggu fajar bertekun, Kutunggu Dikau, Tuhan!
  4. Hai Israel, berharaplah kepada Tuhan saja! Maha Pengasih Dialah, Penolong kaum percaya. UmatNya dibebaskanNya dari segala dosanya; Dib'riNya hidup baru!	Mat 1:21 Tit 2:14

• Dari Lembah Sengsaraku [KJ.24b]

  1. Dari lembah sengsaraku 'ku berseru, ya Tuhan! Dengarlah suara hambaMu, doaku pun kabulkan! Jikalau kesalahanku terus teringat olehMu, tak dapat 'ku bertahan

• Insan, Tangisi Dosamu [KJ.157]

  1. Insan, tangisi dosamu! Ingatlah, Kristus menempuh jalan penuh sengsara dan bagai hamba terendah Ia kosongkan diriNya menjadi Perantara. Yang mati dihidupkanNya, yang sakit disembuhkanNya, yang hilang Ia cari, berkurban diri akhirnya, memikul dosa dunia diatas kayu salib.	Rat 3:39 Yak 4:9 Flp 2:7 Ibr 12:24 Mat 11:5 Luk 15:3-10 Yoh 1:29
  2. Syukur, pujian dan sembah kepada Dia angkatlah yang mati bagi kita. Ikutlah Dia yang menang, pikullah salib dan beban dengan bersukacita! KasihNya perkenankanlah dan dalam kuasa namaNya kalahkanlah yang jahat. Ingat darahNya yang kudus, yang bagi Allah, Bapamu, berharga tinggi amat!	Why 5:12 Mrk 8:34
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• [Lam 3:41] Lift Up Your Hearts

  “Lift up your hearts!” We lift them, Lord, to Thee; Here at Thy feet none other may we see; “Lift up your hearts!” E’en so, with one accord, We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord. Above the level of the former years, The mire of sin, the weight of guilty fears, The mist of doubt, the blight of love’s decay, O Lord of Light, lift all our hearts today! Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame, The deeds, the thoughts, that honor may not name, The halting tongue that dares not tell the whole, O Lord of Truth, lift every Christian soul! Above the storms that vex this lower state, Pride, jealousy, and envy, rage, and hate, And cold mistrust that holds e’en friends apart, O Lord of Love, lift every brother’s heart! Lift every gift that Thou Thyself hast given; Low lies the best till lifted up to heaven; Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain, Till, sent from God, they mount to God again. Then, as the trumpet call, in after years, “Lift up your hearts!” rings pealing in our ears, Still shall those hearts respond, with full accord “We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!”

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• [Lam 3:41] We Lift Our Hearts To Thee

  We lift our hearts to Thee, O Day Star from on high! The sun itself is but Thy shade, Yet cheers both earth and sky. O let Thine orient beams The night of sin disperse, The mists of error and of vice Which shade the universe. How beauteous nature now: How dark and sad before! With joy we view the pleasing change, And nature’s God adore. O may no gloomy crime Pollute the rising day; Or Jesus’ blood, like evening dew, Wash all the stains away. May we this life improve, To mourn for errors past; And live this short, revolving day As if it were our last. To God—the Father, Son, And Spirit—One in Three, Be glory; as it was, is now, And shall forever be.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:55] This My Plea

  What I am, Thine eye can see, Yet I come, O Lord, to Thee. Though my sins are crimson red, Yet for me Thy blood was shed. Refrain This my plea, my only plea: Through Thy off’ring once for me, I may cast myself on Thee, Jesus, my Redeemer. As I am, I seek Thy face, Kneeling at the door of grace; O forgive this heart of mine, Cleanse me now and seal me Thine. Refrain As I am, O blessèd Lord, I believe and trust Thy Word; Let my soul no longer roam, Take, O take the wand’rer home. Refrain Lost, but found, my sins forgiv’n, Child of God and heir of Heav’n; Lost, but found, what joy is mine! Thou dost cleanse and keep me Thine. Refrain

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• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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