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Lamentations
Poems mourning the fall of Jerusalem and expressing hope in God's mercy.
Chapter 3
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1
KJV:
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Geneva:
I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.
2
KJV:
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Geneva:
He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light.
3
KJV:
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Geneva:
Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4
KJV:
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Geneva:
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
5
KJV:
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Geneva:
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour.
6
KJV:
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Geneva:
He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
7
KJV:
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Geneva:
He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.
8
KJV:
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Geneva:
Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer.
9
KJV:
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Geneva:
He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.
10
KJV:
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Geneva:
He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
11
KJV:
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Geneva:
He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12
KJV:
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Geneva:
He hath bent his bow & made me a marke for the arrow.
13
KJV:
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Geneva:
Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.
14
KJV:
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
Geneva:
I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
15
KJV:
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Geneva:
He hath filled me with bitternes, & made me drunken with wormewood.
16
KJV:
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Geneva:
He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.
17
KJV:
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Geneva:
Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,
18
KJV:
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Geneva:
And I saide, My strength & mine hope is perished from the Lord,
19
KJV:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Geneva:
Remembring mine affliction, & my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.
20
KJV:
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Geneva:
My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21
KJV:
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
Geneva:
I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope.
22
KJV:
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Geneva:
It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
23
KJV:
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Geneva:
They are renued euery morning: great is thy faithfulnesse.
24
KJV:
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Geneva:
The Lorde is my portion, sayth my soule: therefore wil I hope in him.
25
KJV:
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Geneva:
The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him.
26
KJV:
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Geneva:
It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.
27
KJV:
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Geneva:
It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.
28
KJV:
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Geneva:
He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it vpon him.
29
KJV:
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Geneva:
He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.
30
KJV:
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Geneva:
Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.
31
KJV:
For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
Geneva:
For the Lord will not forsake for euer.
32
KJV:
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Geneva:
But though he sende affliction, yet will he haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33
KJV:
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Geneva:
For he doeth not punish willingly, nor afflict the children of men,
34
KJV:
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Geneva:
In stamping vnder his feete all the prisoners of the earth,
35
KJV:
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Geneva:
In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,
36
KJV:
To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
Geneva:
In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.
37
KJV:
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Geneva:
Who is he then that sayth, & it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
38
KJV:
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Geneva:
Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not euill and good?
39
KJV:
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Geneva:
Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.
40
KJV:
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Geneva:
Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.
41
KJV:
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Geneva:
Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.
42
KJV:
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Geneva:
We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.
43
KJV:
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Geneva:
Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.
44
KJV:
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Geneva:
Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.
45
KJV:
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
Geneva:
Thou hast made vs as the ofscouring and refuse in the middes of the people.
46
KJV:
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Geneva:
All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.
47
KJV:
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Geneva:
Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.
48
KJV:
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Geneva:
Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49
KJV:
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Geneva:
Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,
50
KJV:
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
Geneva:
Till the Lorde looke downe, and beholde from heauen.
51
KJV:
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Geneva:
Mine eye breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie.
52
KJV:
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Geneva:
Mine enemies chased me sore like a birde, without cause.
53
KJV:
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Geneva:
They haue shut vp my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.
54
KJV:
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Geneva:
Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.
55
KJV:
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Geneva:
I called vpon thy Name, O Lorde, out of the lowe dungeon.
56
KJV:
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Geneva:
Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry.
57
KJV:
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
Geneva:
Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.
58
KJV:
O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
Geneva:
O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my soule, and hast redeemed my life.
59
KJV:
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Geneva:
O Lorde, thou hast seene my wrong, iudge thou my cause.
60
KJV:
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
Geneva:
Thou hast seene all their vengeance, and all their deuises against me.
61
KJV:
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
Geneva:
Thou hast heard their reproch, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me:
62
KJV:
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Geneva:
The lippes also of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.
63
KJV:
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Geneva:
Behold, their sitting downe and their rising vp, how I am their song.
64
KJV:
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Geneva:
Giue them a recompence, O Lord, according to the worke of their handes.
65
KJV:
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
Geneva:
Giue them sorow of heart, euen thy curse to them.
66
KJV:
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Geneva:
Persecute with wrath & destroy them from vnder the heauen, O Lord.
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