{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/lamentations/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:04:40.327Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Lamentations","bookSlug":"lamentations","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":66},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I am the man who hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Me He hath led, and causeth to go in darkness, and without light."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me with wormwood."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"This I turn to my heart — therefore I hope."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"New every morning, abundant is thy faithfulness."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For the Lord doth not cast off to the age."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Who is this — he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it?"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"What — sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"We — we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou — Thou hast not forgiven."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain — Thou hast not pitied."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off."},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit."},{"verseNumber":56,"text":"My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing — at my cry."},{"verseNumber":57,"text":"Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not."},{"verseNumber":58,"text":"Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life."},{"verseNumber":59,"text":"Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause."},{"verseNumber":60,"text":"Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me."},{"verseNumber":61,"text":"Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,"},{"verseNumber":62,"text":"The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day."},{"verseNumber":63,"text":"Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I am their song."},{"verseNumber":64,"text":"Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands."},{"verseNumber":65,"text":"Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them."},{"verseNumber":66,"text":"Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Lamentations 3 (YLT)","markdown":"[Lamentations 3](https://primebible.com/ylt/lamentations/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/lamentations/3 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}