Lamentations

Lamentations 3 ©

1 The prophet bewaileth his own calamities: 22 he acknowledgeth God's mercies and truth to be a proper ground of patient hope: 37 he maketh humble confession of the sins which had drawn down God's severe judgments: 55 he prayeth to be avenged of his enemies.

1

I AM the man athat hath seen affliction bby the rod of his wrath.

a Je. 15.10,17,18; 20.7-10,18; 26.8-16; 36.26; 37.15; 38.6.
b Ps. 2.9.
2

He hath led me, and cbrought me into ddarkness, but not into light.

c Is. 5.30.
d Je. 13.16. Am. 5.20. Is. 59.9,11. v.53,55. ch. 2.1.
3

Surely eagainst me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

e Is. 63.10; 1.25. Ps. 38.1,2,6; 88.7,16. ch. 2.1-7.
4

fMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

f Job 16.8. Ps. 31.10; 32.3; 51.8. Is. 38.13. Je. 50.17. v.11.
5

gHe hath builded against me, and *compassed me with gall and *travail.

g v.7,9. Is. 29.3. Job 19.12.
6

hHe hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

h v.2,53,54. Ps. 88.5,6; 143.3.
7

iHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my jchain heavy.

i v.5,9. Job 19.8; 3.23. Ho. 2.6. Ps. 88.8.
j Is. 49.24,25. ch. 5.5,14. Da. 9.12. ch. 1.14.
8

Also kwhen I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

k v.44. Job 19.7; 30.20. Hab. 1.2. Ps. 80.4; 22.2.
9

lHe hath *inclosed my ways with *hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

l v.5,7,11. Ps. 88.8. Le. 26.27,28.
10

mHe was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

m Job 10.16. Is. 38.13. Ho. 5.14; 6.1; 13.7,8.
11

nHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

n Ho. 6.1. Je. 21.4-7; 9.11; 15.2-4. 2Ch. 36.16,17.
12

oHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

o Job 16.12,13; 7.20; 6.4. Ps. 38.2. Mi. 7.9.
13

pHe hath caused the 1arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

p Job 6.4.
14

qI was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

q Je. 20.7-10. Ps. 44.13; 79.4. 1Co. 4.9. Job 30.9. Ps. 69.12,20. v.63.
15

He hath filled me with 2bitterness, rhe hath made me drunken with *wormwood.

r Job 9.19. v.19. Is. 51.17-22. Je. 25.15,16,18,27; 9.15. Ps. 60.3; 75.8.
16

He hath also sbroken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath 3covered me with ashes.

s Pr. 20.17. Mat. 7.9. Ps. 102.9. Job 6.7. Mi. 7.8-10.
17

And tthou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I uforgat 4prosperity.

t Ru. 1.20,21. ch. 1.16; 2.2,17,22.
u Ge. 41.30. Is. 65.16. Pr. 31.7.
18

And I said, vMy strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

v Ps. 31.22; 116.11. Eze. 37.11.
19

5Remembering wmine affliction and my misery, the *wormwood and the gall.

w ch. 1.7. Je. 9.15. Da. 9.12.
20

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is 6humbled in me.

21

xThis I 7recall to my mind, 8therefore yhave I hope.

x v.22-36. Ps. 130.7,8; 131.3. Hab. 2.3.
y Ps. 77.5.
22

zIt is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

z Ge. 32.10. Ps. 57.10; 100.4; 103.17; 107; 136. Is. 1.9; 33.2. Ezr. 9.8,9,15. Mal. 3.6. Zep. 3.5. Job 7.17,18. Ne. 9.31.
23

They are anew every morning: great is thy bfaithfulness.

a Zep. 3.5. Ps. 136; 107. Job 7.18.
b Ps. 36.5; 89.1,2. He. 10.23; 6.14-18. 1Th. 5.24. Tit. 1.2.
24

The LORD is cmy portion, saith my soul; therefore will I dhope in him.

c Ps. 16.5; 73.26; 119.57. Je. 10.16.
d Ps. 130.7.
25

eThe LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

e Ps. 40.1-5; 73.1; 103.17; 84.11,12; 130.6. Mat. 7.7-11. Is. 40.31; 30.18. Mi. 7.7-9.
26

fIt is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

f Ps. 130.5-8; 37.1-7; 119.165,174. Ge. 49.18.
27

gIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

g Mat. 11.29,30. Ps. 94.12; 119.71. He. 12.5-12. Re. 3.19. Job 33.19-29.
28

hHe sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

h Je. 15.17. Ps. 102.7; 39.9. ch. 2.10.
29

iHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

i Job 40.4; 42.5,6. Joel 2.14. Zep. 2.3.
30

jHe giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

j Is. 50.6. Mi. 5.1. Mat. 5.39; 26.67. Je. 20.7-10.
31

kFor the Lord will not cast off for ever:

k 1Sa. 12.22. Ps. 94.14. Is. 54.7-10; 57.15-18. Mi. 7.8,9,18,19. Je. 31.20.
32

But though lhe cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

l Ps. 30.5.
33

mFor he doth not afflict 9willingly nor grieve the children of men.

m Eze. 18.32; 33.11. Ho. 11.8. Je. 31.20. He. 12.9,10.
34

nTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

n Je. 50.17,33,34; 51.33-36.
35

oTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of 10the most High,

o Zec. 1.15,16. Pr. 18.5; 17.15. Ps. 12.5. De. 32.36,40-43.
36

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord 11approveth not.

37

pWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

p Ps. 33.9. Pr. 16.9. Ja. 4.13,15.
38

qOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

q Job 1.21; 2.10. Ps. 75.7. Is. 45.7. Am. 3.6.
39

Wherefore doth a living man 12complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

40

rLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

r Ps. 4.4; 119.59. Zep. 2.1. Hag. 1.5,7. 1Co. 11.28. 2Co. 13.5.
41

sLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

s Ps. 25.1; 86.4; 143.8; 28.2; 63.4; 141.2; 119.48.
42

tWe have transgressed and have rebelled: uthou hast not pardoned.

t Ne. 9.26. Da. 9.5.
u Je. 5.7,9,29; 15.4. 2Ki. 24.4.
43

vThou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

v ch. 2.1,2,17,21. Eze. 5-7; 9. 2Ch. 36.16,17.
44

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, wthat our prayer should not pass through.

w v.8. Ps. 88.13,14; 80.4; 22.2.
45

Thou hast made us as the xoffscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

x 1Co. 4.13. ch. 1.17; 2.15. v.14.
46

All our enemies yhave opened their mouths against us.

y ch. 2.16,17; 4.16,17. Ps. 79.4; 44.13,14; 89.41,50.
47

zFear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

z Is. 24.17,18. Je. 48.43,44. Is. 51.19. Am. 9.1-4. Eze. 5-7. ch. 1; 2.
48

aMine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

a ch. 1.16; 2.11,18. Ps. 119.136; 77.2. Je. 9.1; 14.17; 4.19.
49

Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

50

bTill the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

b ch. 1.12,20; 2.20; 5.1,21. Is. 63.15; 64.1. Ps. 102.13-20; 123.2. Lu. 18.1-8. Is. 62.1,6,7.
51

Mine eye affecteth 13mine heart 14because of call the daughters of my city.

c v.48. Je. 9.1.
52

dMine enemies chased me *sore, elike a bird, fwithout cause.

d Je. 37.16; 38.6; 50.7,17.
e Ps. 11.1.
f Ps. 35.7,19; 69.4; 109.3; 119.161. Jn. 15.25.
53

gThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and hcast a stone upon me.

g v.6. Je. 37.16,20; 38.6,9,10. Mat. 27.66.
h Job 12.14. Da. 6.17.
54

iWaters flowed over mine head; jthen I said, I am cut off.

i Ps. 69.1,2; 124.4-8; 18.4,5,16.
j Ps. 31.22; 88.5. Is. 38.10,11. Eze. 37.11. v.18. Jonah 2.3,4,7.
55

kI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

k Ps. 130.1; 40.1; 18.4-21; 116.1-6; 142.4,5. v.53. Jonah 2.2,3.
56

lThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my mbreathing, at my cry.

l Ps. 6.9; 18.6; 34.6; 116.1,2. Is. 37.17. Ps. 31.2. Da. 9.18.
m Ro. 8.26. Ja. 5.16. Ps. 130.1,2; 143.4,7. Ex. 8.15.
57

nThou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, oFear not.

n Ja. 4.8. Ps. 102.2. Is. 58.9; 65.24.
o Re. 1.17,18. Is. 41.10,14; 43.1,2.
58

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou phast redeemed my life.

p Ps. 35.1-4; 43.1,2. Je. 1.8; 15.11,20,21; 51.36.
59

O LORD, thou hast seen qmy wrong: rjudge thou my cause.

q Je. 11.19,21; 15.10; 18.18,23; 20.7-10; 26; 36.
r Ps. 9.4; 43.1; 26.1; 35.1,23.
60

Thou hast seen sall their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

s Je. 1.18; 11.19-21; 15.10; 18.18,23; 20.7-10; 26; 36-38. Is. 37.4. Ps. 44.10-16.
61

Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

62

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

63

Behold their tsitting down, and their rising up; I am utheir musick.

t Ps. 139.2. De. 6.7.
u v.14. Job 30.9. Ps. 35.15,16; 69.12; 44.14.
64

vRender unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

v Ps. 28.4. Je. 5.29; 11.20; 17.18; 18.18-23; 50.29; 51.24. 2Ti. 4.14.
65

wGive them 15sorrow of heart, thy xcurse unto them.

w Je. 11.20. 2Ti. 4.14.
x De. 27.15-26; 28.16-18. Is. 24.6; 43.28; 34.6. Je. 50; 51.
66

yPersecute and destroy them in anger from zunder the heavens of the LORD.

y Je. 17.18; 18.20-23. Ps. 137.8,9. Is. 13; 14; 21; 47. Je. 50; 51.
z Je. 10.11. Ps. 8.3; 115.16. Is. 66.1. De. 25.19.