# Lamentations 3

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath. [2] He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness instead of light. [3] Indeed, He keeps turning His hand
against me all day long. [4] He has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones. [5] He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness and hardship. [6] He has made me dwell in darkness
like those dead for ages. [7] He has walled me in so I cannot escape;
He has weighed me down with chains. [8] Even when I cry out and plead for help,
He shuts out my prayer. [9] He has barred my ways with cut stones;
He has made my paths crooked. [10] He is a bear lying in wait,
a lion hiding in ambush. [11] He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces;
He left me without help. [12] He bent His bow
and set me as the target for His arrow. [13] He pierced my kidneys
with His arrows. [14] I am a laughingstock to all my people;
they mock me in song all day long. [15] He has filled me with bitterness;
He has intoxicated me with wormwood. [16] He has ground my teeth with gravel
and trampled me in the dust. [17] My soul has been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is. [18] So I say, “My strength has perished,
along with my hope from the LORD.” [19] Remember my affliction and wandering,
the wormwood and the gall. [20] Surely my soul remembers
and is humbled within me. [21] Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope: [22] Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed,
for His mercies never fail. [23] They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness! [24] “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in Him.” [25] The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
to the soul who seeks Him. [26] It is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD. [27] It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is still young. [28] Let him sit alone in silence,
for God has disciplined him. [29] Let him bury his face in the dust—
perhaps there is still hope. [30] Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him;
let him be filled with reproach. [31] For the Lord will not
cast us off forever. [32] Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion
according to His abundant loving devotion. [33] For He does not willingly afflict
or grieve the sons of men. [34] To crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the land, [35] to deny a man justice
before the Most High, [36] to subvert a man in his lawsuit—
of these the Lord does not approve. [37] Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has ordained it? [38] Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High? [39] Why should any mortal man complain,
in view of his sins? [40] Let us examine and test our ways,
and turn back to the LORD. [41] Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven: [42] “We have sinned and rebelled;
You have not forgiven.” [43] You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;
You have killed without pity. [44] You have covered Yourself with a cloud
that no prayer can pass through. [45] You have made us scum and refuse
among the nations. [46] All our enemies
open their mouths against us. [47] Panic and pitfall have come upon us—
devastation and destruction. [48] Streams of tears flow from my eyes
over the destruction of the daughter of my people. [49] My eyes overflow unceasingly,
without relief, [50] until the LORD
looks down from heaven and sees. [51] My eyes bring grief to my soul
because of all the daughters of my city. [52] Without cause my enemies
hunted me like a bird. [53] They dropped me alive into a pit
and cast stones upon me. [54] The waters flowed over my head,
and I thought I was going to die. [55] I called on Your name, O LORD,
out of the depths of the Pit. [56] You heard my plea:
“Do not ignore my cry for relief.” [57] You drew near when I called on You;
You said, “Do not be afraid.” [58] You defend my cause, O Lord;
You redeem my life. [59] You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me;
vindicate my cause! [60] You have seen all their malice,
all their plots against me. [61] O LORD, You have heard their insults,
all their plots against me— [62] the slander and murmuring of my assailants
against me all day long. [63] When they sit and when they rise,
see how they mock me in song. [64] You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD,
according to the work of their hands. [65] Put a veil of anguish over their hearts;
may Your curse be upon them! [66] You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them
from under Your heavens, O LORD.

## Places in this chapter

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## Each verse

- Lamentations 3:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/1
- Lamentations 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/2
- Lamentations 3:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/3
- Lamentations 3:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/4
- Lamentations 3:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/5
- Lamentations 3:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/6
- Lamentations 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/7
- Lamentations 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/8
- Lamentations 3:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/9
- Lamentations 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/10
- Lamentations 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/11
- Lamentations 3:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/12
- Lamentations 3:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/13
- Lamentations 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/14
- Lamentations 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/15
- Lamentations 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/16
- Lamentations 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/17
- Lamentations 3:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/18
- Lamentations 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/19
- Lamentations 3:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/20
- Lamentations 3:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/21
- Lamentations 3:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/22
- Lamentations 3:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/23
- Lamentations 3:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/24
- Lamentations 3:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/25
- Lamentations 3:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/26
- Lamentations 3:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/27
- Lamentations 3:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/28
- Lamentations 3:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/29
- Lamentations 3:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/30
- Lamentations 3:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/31
- Lamentations 3:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/32
- Lamentations 3:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/33
- Lamentations 3:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/34
- Lamentations 3:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/35
- Lamentations 3:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/36
- Lamentations 3:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/37
- Lamentations 3:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/38
- Lamentations 3:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/39
- Lamentations 3:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/40
- Lamentations 3:41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/41
- Lamentations 3:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/42
- Lamentations 3:43 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/43
- Lamentations 3:44 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/44
- Lamentations 3:45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/45
- Lamentations 3:46 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/46
- Lamentations 3:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/47
- Lamentations 3:48 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/48
- Lamentations 3:49 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/49
- Lamentations 3:50 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/50
- Lamentations 3:51 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/51
- Lamentations 3:52 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/52
- Lamentations 3:53 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/53
- Lamentations 3:54 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/54
- Lamentations 3:55 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/55
- Lamentations 3:56 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/56
- Lamentations 3:57 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/57
- Lamentations 3:58 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/58
- Lamentations 3:59 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/59
- Lamentations 3:60 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/60
- Lamentations 3:61 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/61
- Lamentations 3:62 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/62
- Lamentations 3:63 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/63
- Lamentations 3:64 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/64
- Lamentations 3:65 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/65
- Lamentations 3:66 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/66