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