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Lamentations 3:1-43

3:1

I [am] the man
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[that] hath seen
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affliction
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by the rod
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of his wrath
<05678>_.

3:2

He hath led
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me, and brought
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[me into] darkness
<02822>_,

but not [into] light
<0216>_.

3:3

Surely against me is he turned
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he turneth
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his hand
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[against me] all the day
<03117>_.

3:4

My flesh
<01320>

and my skin
<05785>

hath he made old
<01086> (8765)_;

he hath broken
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my bones
<06106>_.

3:5

He hath builded against
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me, and compassed
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[me] with gall
<07219>

and travail
<08513>_.

3:6

He hath set
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me in dark places
<04285>_,

as [they that be] dead
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of old
<05769>_.

3:7

He hath hedged
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me about, that I cannot get out
<03318> (8799)_:

he hath made my chain
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heavy
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3:8

Also when I cry
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and shout
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he shutteth out
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my prayer
<08605>_.

3:9

He hath inclosed
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my ways
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with hewn stone
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he hath made my paths
<05410>

crooked
<05753> (8765)_.

3:10

He [was] unto me [as] a bear
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lying in wait
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[and as] a lion
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in secret places
<04565>_.

3:11

He hath turned aside
<05493> (8790)

my ways
<01870>_,

and pulled me in pieces
<06582> (8762)_:

he hath made
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me desolate
<08074> (8802)_.

3:12

He hath bent
<01869> (8804)

his bow
<07198>_,

and set
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me as a mark
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for the arrow
<02671>_.

3:13

He hath caused the arrows
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of his quiver
<0827>

to enter
<0935> (8689)

into my reins
<03629>_.

{arrows: Heb. sons}

3:14

I was a derision
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to all my people
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[and] their song
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all the day
<03117>_.

3:15

He hath filled
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me with bitterness
<04844>_,

he hath made me drunken
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with wormwood
<03939>_.

{bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}

3:16

He hath also broken
<01638> (8686)

my teeth
<08127>

with gravel stones
<02687>_,

he hath covered
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me with ashes
<0665>_.

{covered...: or, rolled me in the ashes}

3:17

And thou hast removed
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my soul
<05315>

far off
<02186> (8799)

from peace
<07965>_:

I forgat
<05382> (8804)

prosperity
<02896>_.

{prosperity: Heb. good}

3:18

And I said
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My strength
<05331>

and my hope
<08431>

is perished
<06> (8804)

from the LORD
<03068>_:

3:19

Remembering
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mine affliction
<06040>

and my misery
<04788>_,

the wormwood
<03939>

and the gall
<07219>_.

{Remembering: or, Remember}

3:20

My soul
<05315>

hath [them] still
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in remembrance
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and is humbled
<07743> (8686)

in me. {humbled: Heb. bowed}

3:21

This I recall
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to my mind
<03820>_,

therefore have I hope
<03176> (8686)_.

{recall...: Heb. make to return to my heart}

3:22

[It is of] the LORD'S
<03068>

mercies
<02617>

that we are not consumed
<08552> (8804)_,

because his compassions
<07356>

fail
<03615> (8804)

not.

3:23

[They are] new
<02319>

every morning
<01242>_:

great
<07227>

[is] thy faithfulness
<0530>_.

3:24

The LORD
<03068>

[is] my portion
<02506>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

my soul
<05315>_;

therefore will I hope
<03176> (8686)

in him.

3:25

The LORD
<03068>

[is] good
<02896>

unto them that wait
<06960> (8802)

for him, to the soul
<05315>

[that] seeketh
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him.

3:26

[It is] good
<02896>

that [a man] should both hope
<03175> (8675) <02342> (8799)

and quietly wait
<01748>

for the salvation
<08668>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

3:27

[It is] good
<02896>

for a man
<01397>

that he bear
<05375> (8799)

the yoke
<05923>

in his youth
<05271>_.

3:28

He sitteth
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alone
<0910>

and keepeth silence
<01826> (8799)_,

because he hath borne
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[it] upon him.

3:29

He putteth
<05414> (8799)

his mouth
<06310>

in the dust
<06083>_;

if so be there may be
<03426>

hope
<08615>_.

3:30

He giveth
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[his] cheek
<03895>

to him that smiteth
<05221> (8688)

him: he is filled full
<07646> (8799)

with reproach
<02781>_.

3:31

For the Lord
<0136>

will not cast off
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for ever
<05769>_:

3:32

But though he cause grief
<03013> (8689)_,

yet will he have compassion
<07355> (8765)

according to the multitude
<07230>

of his mercies
<02617>_.

3:33

For he doth not afflict
<06031> (8765)

willingly
<03820>

nor grieve
<03013> (8762)

the children
<01121>

of men
<0376>_.

{willingly: Heb. from his heart}

3:34

To crush
<01792> (8763)

under his feet
<07272>

all the prisoners
<0615>

of the earth
<0776>_,

3:35

To turn aside
<05186> (8687)

the right
<04941>

of a man
<01397>

before the face
<06440>

of the most High
<05945>_,

{the most High: or, a superior}

3:36

To subvert
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a man
<0120>

in his cause
<07379>_,

the Lord
<0136>

approveth
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not. {approveth not: or, seeth not}

3:37

Who [is] he [that] saith
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and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord
<0136>

commandeth
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[it] not?

3:38

Out of the mouth
<06310>

of the most High
<05945>

proceedeth
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not evil
<07451>

and good
<02896>_?

3:39

Wherefore doth a living
<02416>

man
<0120>

complain
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a man
<01397>

for the punishment of his sins
<02399>_?

{complain: or, murmur}

3:40

Let us search
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and try
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our ways
<01870>_,

and turn again
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to the LORD
<03068>_.

3:41

Let us lift up
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our heart
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with [our] hands
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unto God
<0410>

in the heavens
<08064>_.

3:42

We
<05168>

have transgressed
<06586> (8804)

and have rebelled
<04784> (8804)_:

thou hast not pardoned
<05545> (8804)_.

3:43

Thou hast covered
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with anger
<0639>_,

and persecuted
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us: thou hast slain
<02026> (8804)_,

thou hast not pitied
<02550> (8804)_.