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<br> He has made my chain heavy. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Even when I cry out and call for help, <br> He shuts out my prayer. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; <br> He has made my paths crooked. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He is to me like a bear lying in wait, <br> <i>Like</i> a lion in secret places. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; <br> He has made me desolate. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He bent His bow <br> And set me as a target for the arrow. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He made the arrows of His quiver <br> To enter into my inward parts. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have become a laughingstock to all my people, <br> Their <i>mocking</i> song all the day. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He has filled me with bitterness, <br> He has made me drunk with wormwood. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And He has broken my teeth with gravel; <br> He has made me cower in the dust. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And my soul has been rejected from peace; <br> I have forgotten happiness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So I say, “My strength has perished, <br> And <i>so has</i> my hope from the LORD.” <p><b><i>Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy</i></b><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Surely my soul remembers <br> And is bowed down within me. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>This I recall to my mind, <br> Therefore I have hope. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, <br> For His compassions never fail. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><i>They</i> are new every morning; <br> Great is Thy faithfulness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, <br> “Therefore I have hope in Him.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, <br> To the person who seeks Him. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><i>It is</i> good that he waits silently <br> For the salvation of the LORD. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><i>It is</i> good for a man that he should bear <br> The yoke in his youth. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Let him sit alone and be silent <br> Since He has laid <i>it</i> on him. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Let him put his mouth in the dust, <br> Perhaps there is hope. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Let him give his cheek to the smiter; <br> Let him be filled with reproach. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For the Lord will not reject forever, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For if He causes grief, <br> Then He will have compassion <br> According to His abundant lovingkindness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For He does not afflict willingly, <br> Or grieve the sons of men. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>To crush under His feet <br> All the prisoners of the land, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>To deprive a man of justice <br> In the presence of the Most High, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>To defraud a man in his lawsuit— <br> Of these things the Lord does not approve. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, <br> Unless the Lord has commanded <i>it?</i> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><i>Is it</i> not from the mouth of the Most High <br> That both good and ill go forth? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Why should <i>any</i> living mortal, or <i>any</i> man, <br> Offer complaint in view of his sins? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Let us examine and probe our ways, <br> And let us return to the LORD. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>We lift up our heart and hands <br> Toward God in heaven; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>We have transgressed and rebelled, <br> Thou hast not pardoned. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Thou hast covered <i>Thyself</i> with anger <br> And pursued us; <br> Thou hast slain <i>and</i> hast not spared. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud <br> So that no prayer can pass through. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><i>Mere</i> offscouring and refuse Thou hast made us <br> In the midst of the peoples. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Panic and pitfall have befallen us, <br> Devastation and destruction; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>My eyes run down with streams of water <br> Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>My eyes pour down unceasingly, <br> Without stopping, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Until the LORD looks down <br> And sees from heaven. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>My eyes bring pain to my soul <br> Because of all the daughters of my city. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>My enemies without cause <br> Hunted me down like a bird; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>They have silenced me in the pit <br> And have placed a stone on me. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Waters flowed over my head; <br> I said, “I am cut off!” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>I called on Thy name, O LORD, <br> Out of the lowest pit. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Thou hast heard my voice, <br> “Do not hide Thine ear from my <i>prayer for</i> relief, <br> From my cry for help.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>Thou didst draw near when I called on Thee; <br> Thou didst say, “Do not fear!” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>O Lord, Thou didst plead my soul’s cause; <br> Thou hast redeemed my life. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>O LORD, Thou hast seen my oppression; <br> Judge my case. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>Thou hast seen all their vengeance, <br> All their schemes against me. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, <br> All their schemes against me. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>The lips of my assailants and their whispering <br> <i>Are</i> against me all day long. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>Look on their sitting and their rising; <br> I am their mocking song. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>Thou wilt recompense them, O LORD, <br> According to the work of their hands. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, <br> Thy curse will be on them. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/lamentations/3-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them <br> From under the heavens of the LORD!<p></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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