ABP - Lamentations - 3

3:1  ΑΛΕΦ I am a man, one seeing poorness by a rod of his rage upon me.

3:2  He took me; he led me away into darkness, and not light.

3:3  Only against me he turned his hand the entire day.

3:4  ΒΗΘ He aged my flesh and my skin; [2my bones 1he broke].

3:5  He built against me, and he encircled my head, and troubled me.

3:6  In dark places he settled me as dead ones of the eon.

3:7  ΓΙΜΕΛ He built against me, and I shall not come forth. He weighed down my brass chain.

3:8  Yes indeed, for though I shall cry out and yell, he shut out my prayer.

3:9  He blocked up my ways; he obstructed my roads; he disturbed me.

3:10  ΔΑΛΕΘ [2a bear 3lying in wait 1He is] for me, as a lion in a secret place.

3:11  He pursued me after I revolted, and caused me to cease. He established me for being obliterated.

3:12  He stretched tight his bow, and he set up a stone target for me as the aim for the arrow.

3:13  Η He brought [3into 4my kidneys 1the poison 2from his quivers].

3:14  I became laughter to all my people, their psalm for the entire day.

3:15  He filled me with bitterness; he intoxicated me with bile,

3:16  ΟΥΑΥ and he knocked out [2by a small stone 1my teeth]; he fed me ashes,

3:17  and he thrust away [2from 3peace 1my soul]. I forgot good things.

3:18  And I said, [2perished 1My victory], and my hope from the lord.

3:19  ΖΑΙΝ I remembered because of my poorness, and of my persecution, of my bitterness, and of my bile.

3:20  I shall be remembered, and [2shall converse 3with 4me 1my soul].

3:21  This I will arrange into my heart; on account of this I will wait.

3:22  ΗΘ The mercies of the lord, for they finished not, for [2failed not 1his charities].

3:23  The ones new in the morning; great is your trust.

3:24  [2is my portion 1The lord], said my soul, on account of this I will wait for him.

3:25  ΤΗΘ The lord is good to the ones waiting on him, the soul which shall seek him.

3:26  It is good, and he shall wait and shall be still for the deliverance of the lord.

3:27  It is good for a man whenever he should lift a yoke from his youth.

3:28  ΙΩΘ He will sit down alone, and will keep silent, for he lifted it upon himself.

3:29  He shall put [2in 3dust 1his mouth]; if perhaps there is hope.

3:30  He will give [2to the one 3hitting 4him 1his cheek]. He will be filled of scornings.

3:31  ΧΑΦ For not into the eon shall the lord thrust away.

3:32  For the one he humbled he shall pity, according to the multitude of his mercy.

3:33  He was not answered from his heart, and he humbled sons of man,

3:34  ΛΑΜΕΔ to humble under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

3:35  to turn aside a judgment of a man over against the face of the highest,

3:36  to condemn mankind in judging him, the lord did not say it.

3:37  ΜΗΝ Who thus spoke, and it came to pass, but the lord did not give charge?

3:38  From out of the mouth of the highest shall not come forth bad and good?

3:39  Why does [3grumble 2man 1a living]; a man concerning his sin?

3:40  ΝΟΥΝ [2was searched out 1Our way] and examined, and we should turn unto the lord.

3:41  We should lift up our hearts with our hands to the height in heaven.

3:42  We sinned, we were impious, and you atoned not.

3:43  ΣΑΜΕΧ You enveloped in rage, and banished us. You killed and spared not.

3:44  You enveloped [2with a cloud 1yourself] because of prayer to close my eyelids.

3:45  And to be thrust away you put us in the midst of the peoples.

3:46  ΑΙΝ [3opened wide 5against 6us 4their mouth 1All 2our enemies].

3:47  Fear and stupefaction was to us; haughtiness and destruction.

3:48  [3releases 4of waters 2shall lead down 1My eye] upon the destruction of the daughter of my people.

3:49  ΦΗ My eye was swallowed down and I shall not be quiet, to not be sober,

3:50  until of which time [2should look through 3and 4should behold 1the lord] from out of heaven.

3:51  My eye shall glean upon my soul because of all the daughters of the city.

3:52  ΣΑΔΗ In hunting [2hunted 3me 4as 5a sparrow 1my enemies] freely.

3:53  They put to death [2in 3the pit 1my life], and they placed a stone upon me.

3:54  [2overflowed 1Water] upon my head. I said, I am thrust away.

3:55  ΚΩΦ I called upon your name, O lord, from out of [2pit 1the lowermost].

3:56  My voice you heard; you should not hide your ears to my supplication.

3:57  [2for 3my help 1You approached] in the day in which I called upon you. You said to me, Do not fear!

3:58  ΡΗΣ You adjudicated, O lord, the punishments of my soul. You ransomed my life.

3:59  You saw, O lord, my disturbances. You judged my case.

3:60  You beheld all their vengeance, and all their devices against me.

3:61  ΣΙΝ You heard their scorning, all their devices against me;

3:62  the lips of ones rising up against me, and their meditations against me the entire day;

3:63  their sitting down, and their rising up. Look upon their eyes!

3:64  ΤΑΥ You shall recompense to them a recompense, O lord, according to the works of their hands.

3:65  You shall recompense to them, while shielding [2of my heart 1the trouble].

3:66  You shall pursue them in anger, and shall completely consume them beneath the heaven, O lord.