Lamentations 3:34–66

³⁴To crush under his feet all ^zthe prisoners of the earth,

³⁵To turn aside the right of a man before the face of ^athe most High,

³⁶To ^bsubvert a man in his cause, ^cthe Lord approveth not.

^37dWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

³⁸Out of the mouth of ^athe most High proceedeth not ^eevil and good.

^39fWherefore doth a living man complain, ^ga man for ^hthe punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

⁴¹ⁱLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

^42kWe have transgressed and ^lhave rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

⁴³Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: ^mthou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, ⁿthat our prayer should not pass through.

⁴⁵Thou hast made us as ^othe offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

^46pAll our enemies ^qhave opened their mouths against us.

^47rFear and ^ra snare is come upon us, desolation and ^sdestruction.

^48tMine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

^49pMine eye ^utrickleth down, and ^vceaseth not, ^uwithout any intermission,

⁵⁰Till ^wthe Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

⁵¹Mine eye ^xaffecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²Mine enemies ^ychased me sore, ^zlike a bird, ^awithout cause.

⁵³They have ^bcut off my life ^cin the dungeon, and ^dcast a stone upon me.

^54eWaters flowed over mine head; then ^fI said, ^fgI am cut off.

^55hI called upon thy name, O Lord, ⁱout of the low dungeon.

^56hkThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my ^lbreathing, at my cry.

^57mThou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: ⁿthou saidst, Fear not.

⁵⁸O Lord, thou hast ^oppleaded the causes of my soul; ^pqthou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹O Lord, thou hast seen my ^rwrong: ^sjudge thou my cause.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all ^ttheir imaginations against me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard ^tttheir reproach, O Lord, and all ^ttheir imaginations against me;

⁶²The lips of ^uthose that rose up against me, and their ^vdevice against me all the day.

⁶³Behold their ^wsitting down, and their ^wrising up; ^xI am their musick.

^64yzRender unto them a recompence, O Lord, ^yaccording to the work of their hands.

^65zGive them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

^66zPersecute and destroy them in anger ^afrom under ^bthe heavens of the Lord.

IV.