Lamentations 3:46–59
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46“All our enemies have opened their mouths
47We have suffered terror and pitfalls,z
ruin and destruction.a”
48Streams of tearsb flow from my eyesc
because my people are destroyed.d
49My eyes will flow unceasingly,
without relief,e
50until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.f
51What I see brings grief to my soul
because of all the women of my city.
52Those who were my enemies without cause
hunted me like a bird.g
53They tried to end my life in a pith
and threw stones at me;
54the waters closed over my head,i
and I thought I was about to perish.j
55I called on your name, Lord,
56You heard my plea:m “Do not close your ears
to my cry for relief.”
57You came nearn when I called you,
and you said, “Do not fear.”o
58You, Lord, took up my case;p
you redeemed my life.q
59Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me.r
Uphold my cause!s
Cross references
- xPs 22:13
- yLa 2:16
- zJer 48:43
- aSee Isa 24:17–18; See 51:19
- bSee Ps 119:136
- cSee Jer 9:1, 18; La 1:16
- dLa 2:11
- eJer 14:17; See La 2:18
- fSee Ps 14:2; 80:14; See Isa 63:15
- gPs 35:7
- hJer 37:16; See 38:6
- iPs 69:2; Jnh 2:3–5
- jver 18; Ps 88:5; Eze 37:11
- kSee Ps 88:6
- lPs 130:1; Jnh 2:2
- mSee Ps 55:1; 116:1–2
- nSee Ps 46:1
- oIsa 41:10
- pSee Jer 51:36
- qPs 34:22; See Jer 50:34
- rJer 18:19–20
- sPs 35:23; 43:1
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“All our enemies
open their mouths against us;
panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation and destruction;
my eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,
until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees;
my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
“I have been hunted like a bird
by those who were my enemies without cause;
they flung me alive into the pit
and cast stones on me;
water closed over my head;
I said, ‘I am lost.’
“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your ear to my cry for help!’
You came near when I called on you;
you said, ‘Do not fear!’
“You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
you have redeemed my life.
You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord;
judge my cause.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“All our enemies
open their mouths against us.
We have experienced panic and pitfall,
devastation and destruction.”
My eyes flow with streams of tears
because of the destruction of my dear people.
My eyes overflow unceasingly,
without end,
until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.
My eyes bring me grief
because of the fate of all the women in my city.
For no reason, my enemies
hunted me like a bird.
They smothered my life in a pit
and threw stones on me.
Water flooded over my head,
and I thought, “I’m going to die!”
I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths of the pit.
You heard my plea:
Do not ignore my cry for relief.
You came near whenever I called you;
you said, “Do not be afraid.”
You championed my cause, Lord;
you redeemed my life.
Lord, you saw the wrong done to me;
judge my case.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“All our enemies
have spoken out against us.
We are filled with fear,
for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”
Tears stream from my eyes
because of the destruction of my people!
My tears flow endlessly;
they will not stop
until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.
My heart is breaking
over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.
My enemies, whom I have never harmed,
hunted me down like a bird.
They threw me into a pit
and dropped stones on me.
The water rose over my head,
and I cried out, “This is the end!”
But I called on your name, Lord,
from deep within the pit.
You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading!
Hear my cry for help!”
Yes, you came when I called;
you told me, “Do not fear.”
Lord, you have come to my defense;
you have redeemed my life.
You have seen the wrong they have done to me, Lord.
Be my judge, and prove me right.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
All our enemies
have opened their mouth against us.
Fear and a pit have come upon us,
desolation and destruction.
Channels of water run down my eyes
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
My eyes have poured down unceasingly
without respite,
until Yahweh looks down
and sees from heaven.
My eyes inflict my soul
because of all the daughters of my city.
My enemies hunt me without cause,
like a bird.
They have silenced me in a pit,
they have thrown a stone at me.
Water has flown over my head,
I said, “I am cut off.”
I have called your name, O Yahweh,
from the depths of the pit.
You have heard my cry, “Do not shut your ear
to my cry for help, for my relief!”
You came near on a day when I called you,
you said, “Do not fear!”
O Lord, you have pleaded for my cause,
you have redeemed my life.
You have seen my injustice, O Yahweh;
judge my case.
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KJV 1900King James Version
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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