Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [who] he has seen affliction by [the] rod of fury his.
| אני הגבר ראה עני בשבט עברתו׃ |
2 Me he has driven and he has made walk darkness and not light.
| אותי נהג וילך חשך ולא אור׃ |
3 Surely on me he returned he turned hand his all the day.
| אך בי ישב יהפך ידו כל היום׃ |
4 He has made to waste away flesh my and skin my he has broken bones my.
| בלה בשרי ועורי שבר עצמותי׃ |
5 He has built on me and he has surrounded [me] poison and hardship.
| בנה עלי ויקף ראש ותלאה׃ |
6 In dark places he has caused to dwell me like dead people of antiquity.
| במחשכים הושיבני כמתי עולם׃ |
7 He has walled up behind me and not I will go out he has made heavy bronze fetter[s] my.
| גדר בעדי ולא אצא הכביד נחשתי׃ |
8 Also if I will cry out and I may cry for help he has shut out prayer my.
| גם כי אזעק ואשוע שתם תפלתי׃ |
9 He has walled up ways my with hewn [stone] paths my he has made crooked.
| גדר דרכי בגזית נתיבתי עוה׃ |
10 [is] a bear Lying in wait he to me (a lion *Q(K)*) in hiding places.
| דב ארב הוא לי אריה במסתרים׃ |
11 Ways my he has caused to deviate and he has torn in pieces me he has made me desolate.
| דרכי סורר ויפשחני שמני שמם׃ |
12 He has bent (bow his *L(abh)*) and he has set up me like target for arrow.
| דרך קשתו ויציבני כמטרא לחץ׃ |
13 He has brought in kidneys my [the] sons of quiver his.
| הביא בכליותי בני אשפתו׃ |
14 I have become a laughingstock to all people my taunt song their all the day.
| הייתי שחק לכל עמי נגינתם כל היום׃ |
15 He has surfeited me with bitter things he has made drink me wormwood.
| השביעני במרורים הרוני לענה׃ |
16 And he has broken with gravel teeth my he has made cower me in ash[es].
| ויגרס בחצץ שני הכפישני באפר׃ |
17 And it has excluded from peace self my I have forgotten good.
| ותזנח משלום נפשי נשיתי טובה׃ |
18 And I said it has perished endurance my and hope my from Yahweh.
| ואמר אבד נצחי ותוחלתי מיהוה׃ |
19 Remember affliction my and homelessness my wormwood and poison.
| זכר עניי ומרודי לענה וראש׃ |
20 Continually it remembers (so it may bow down *Q(K)*) on me self my.
| זכור תזכור ותשיח עלי נפשי׃ |
21 This I bring back to heart my there-fore I will wait.
| זאת אשיב אל לבי על כן אוחיל׃ |
22 [the] covenant loyalti of Yahweh for not we have met our end for not they come to an end compassion his.
| חסדי יהוה כי לא תמנו כי לא כלו רחמיו׃ |
23 [they are] new To the mornings [is] great faithfulness your.
| חדשים לבקרים רבה אמונתך׃ |
24 [is] portion My Yahweh it has said self my there-fore I will wait for him.
| חלקי יהוה אמרה נפשי על כן אוחיל לו׃ |
25 [is] good Yahweh (to [those who] wait for him *Q(K)*) to anyone [who] it will seek him.
| טוב יהוה לקוו לנפש תדרשנו׃ |
26 [is] good And waiting and silently for [the] salvation of Yahweh.
| טוב ויחיל ודומם לתשועת יהוה׃ |
27 [is] good For man that he will bear a yoke in youth his.
| טוב לגבר כי ישא על בנעוריו׃ |
28 Let him sit alone and let him be silent for he has laid [it] on him.
| ישב בדד וידם כי נטל עליו׃ |
29 Let him put in the dust mouth his perhaps there [is] hope.
| יתן בעפר פיהו אולי יש תקוה׃ |
30 Let him give to [the] [one who] strikes him a cheek let him be sated with reproach.
| יתן למכהו לחי ישבע בחרפה׃ |
31 For not he will reject for ever [the] Lord.
| כי לא יזנח לעולם אדני׃ |
32 That except he has caused grief and he will have compassion according to [the] greatness of (covenant loyalti his. *Q(K)*)
| כי אם הוגה ורחם כרב חסדו׃ |
33 For not he has afflicted from heart his and he has grieved ([the] children of *L(abh)*) a man.
| כי לא ענה מלבו ויגה בני איש׃ |
34 To crush under feet his all [the] prisoners of [the] land.
| לדכא תחת רגליו כל אסירי ארץ׃ |
35 To turn aside [the] justice of a man before [the] presence of [the] Most High.
| להטות משפט גבר נגד פני עליון׃ |
36 To subvert anyone in case at law his [the] Lord not he has seen.
| לעות אדם בריבו אדני לא ראה׃ |
37 Who? this has he spoken and it was [the] Lord not he commanded [it].
| מי זה אמר ותהי אדני לא צוה׃ |
38 From [the] mouth of [the] Most High not does it goes forth? the troubles and the good.
| מפי עליון לא תצא הרעות והטוב׃ |
39 Why? will he complain a person living a man on (sins his. *Q(K)*)
| מה יתאונן אדם חי גבר על חטאו׃ |
40 Let us examine ways our and let us examine and let us return to Yahweh.
| נחפשה דרכינו ונחקרה ונשובה עד יהוה׃ |
41 Let us lift up heart our to palms to God in the heavens.
| נשא לבבנו אל כפים אל אל בשמים׃ |
42 We we have transgressed and we have rebelled you not you have forgiven.
| נחנו פשענו ומרינו אתה לא סלחת׃ |
43 You have covered yourself with anger and you have pursued us you have killed not you have spared.
| סכתה באף ותרדפנו הרגת לא חמלת׃ |
44 You have covered with cloud yourself from passing through prayer of.
| סכותה בענן לך מעבור תפלה׃ |
45 Scouring and refuse you have made us in [the] midst of the peoples.
| סחי ומאוס תשימנו בקרב העמים׃ |
46 They have opened on us mouth their all enemies our.
| פצו עלינו פיהם כל איבינו׃ |
47 Terror and a pit it has happened to us devastation and brokenness.
| פחד ופחת היה לנו השאת והשבר׃ |
48 Streams of water it goes down eye my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my.
| פלגי מים תרד עיני על שבר בת עמי׃ |
49 Eye my it has poured itself and not it will cease from not stop.
| עיני נגרה ולא תדמה מאין הפגות׃ |
50 Until he will look down and he will see Yahweh from heaven.
| עד ישקיף וירא יהוה משמים׃ |
51 Eye my it has dealt severely to self my from all [the] daughters of city my.
| עיני עוללה לנפשי מכל בנות עירי׃ |
52 Certainly they hunted me like bird enemies my without cause.
| צוד צדוני כצפור איבי חנם׃ |
53 They destroyed in the pit life my and they threw down a stone on me.
| צמתו בבור חיי וידו אבן בי׃ |
54 They overflowed waters over head my I said I have been cut off.
| צפו מים על ראשי אמרתי נגזרתי׃ |
55 I called name your O Yahweh from a pit of lowest parts.
| קראתי שמך יהוה מבור תחתיות׃ |
56 Voice my you heard may not you hide ear your to relief my to cry for help my.
| קולי שמעת אל תעלם אזנך לרוחתי לשועתי׃ |
57 You drew near on [the] day [when] I called on you you said may not you fear.
| קרבת ביום אקראך אמרת אל תירא׃ |
58 You have conducted O Lord [the] cases of self my you have redeemed life my.
| רבת אדני ריבי נפשי גאלת חיי׃ |
59 You have seen O Yahweh oppression my judge! judgment my.
| ראיתה יהוה עותתי שפטה משפטי׃ |
60 You have seen all vengeance their all plans their to me.
| ראיתה כל נקמתם כל מחשבתם לי׃ |
61 You have heard reproach their O Yahweh all plans their on me.
| שמעת חרפתם יהוה כל מחשבתם עלי׃ |
62 [the] lips of [those who] rise against Me and muttering their on me all the day.
| שפתי קמי והגיונם עלי כל היום׃ |
63 Sitting their and rising their look at! I [am] mocking song their.
| שבתם וקימתם הביטה אני מנגינתם׃ |
64 You will repay to them recompense O Yahweh according to [the] work of hands their.
| תשיב להם גמול יהוה כמעשה ידיהם׃ |
65 You will give to them shamelessness of heart curse your [may it belong] to them.
| תתן להם מגנת לב תאלתך להם׃ |
66 You will pursue [them] in anger and you will destroy them from under [the] heavens of Yahweh.
| תרדף באף ותשמידם מתחת שמי יהוה׃ |
