Lamentations 3 Comparison: King James Version vs Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3

¹I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

²He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

³Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

⁴My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

⁵He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

⁶He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

⁷He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

⁸Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

¹⁰He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

¹¹He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

¹²He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

¹³He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

¹⁴I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

¹⁵He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

¹⁶He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

¹⁷And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

¹⁸And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:

¹⁹Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

²¹This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

²⁴The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

²⁵The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

²⁶It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

²⁸He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

²⁹He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

³⁰He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

³²But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

³³For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

³⁴To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

³⁵To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

³⁶To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

³⁷Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

³⁸Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

⁴¹Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

⁴²We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

⁴³Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

⁴⁵Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

⁴⁶All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

⁴⁷Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

⁴⁸Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

⁵⁰Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

⁵¹Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

⁵³They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

⁵⁴Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

⁵⁶Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

⁵⁷Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

⁵⁸O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;

⁶²The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

⁶³Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

⁶⁴Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

⁶⁶Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.

Lamentations 3

¹I am the man who hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.

²Me He hath led, and causeth to go in darkness, and without light.

³Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.

⁴He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.

⁵He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

⁶In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

⁷He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

⁸Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

⁹He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.

¹⁰A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

¹¹My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

¹²He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.

¹³He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.

¹⁴I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.

¹⁵He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me with wormwood.

¹⁶And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.

¹⁷And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.

¹⁸And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.

¹⁹Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!

²⁰Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.

²¹This I turn to my hearttherefore I hope.

²²The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

²³New every morning, abundant is thy faithfulness.

²⁴My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.

²⁵Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.

²⁶Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.

²⁷Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

²⁸He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.

²⁹He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

³⁰He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.

³¹For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.

³²For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

³³For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.

³⁴To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,

³⁵To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,

³⁶To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.

³⁷Who is thishe hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it ?

³⁸From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

³⁹Whatsigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?

⁴⁰We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

⁴¹We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.

⁴²Wewe have transgressed and rebelled, ThouThou hast not forgiven.

⁴³Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slainThou hast not pitied.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.

⁴⁵Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.

⁴⁶Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

⁴⁷Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.

⁴⁸Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

⁵⁰Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,

⁵¹My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

⁵³They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

⁵⁴Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

⁵⁵I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

⁵⁶My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathingat my cry.

⁵⁷Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.

⁵⁸Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,

⁶²The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.

⁶³Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I am their song.

⁶⁴Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.

⁶⁶Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!