Lamentations 3 Comparison: Noyes Translation (1869) vs King James Version

Lamentations 3

¹I am the man that hath seen affliction under the rod of His wrath;

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

³Yea, against me doth he again and again turn his hand all the day long.

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

⁵He hath builded against me, and encompassed me with bitterness and woe.

⁶He hath set me in dark places, as those that have long been dead.

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

⁸Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹He blocketh up my way with hewn stone; he maketh my paths crooked.

¹⁰A bear lying in wait hath he been to me, a lion in lurking-places.

¹¹He hath turned aside my ways, and torn 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 sons of his quiver to pierce my reins.

¹⁴I have been a laughing-stock to all my people, their song all the day.

¹⁵He hath filled me with bitterness; he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

¹⁶He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones; He hath covered me with ashes.

¹⁷Yea, thou hast removed my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.

¹⁸And I say, "My confidence and my hope in Jehovah are gone!"

¹⁹Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall!

²⁰Yea, thou wilt remember them, for my soul sinketh within me!

²¹This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope;

²²It is of the mercy of Jehovah that we are not consumed; yea, his compassion faileth not;

²³It is new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.

²⁴Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul, therefore do I hope in him.

²⁵Jehovah is good to them that trust in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

²⁶It is good that a man hope, and quietly wait for salvation from Jehovah.

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

²⁸That he sit alone and keep silence, since He layeth it upon him;

²⁹That he put his mouth in the dust, [saying to himself,] "Perhaps there may be hope!"

³⁰That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.

³¹For the Lord will not cast off forever;

³²For though he cause grief, yet doth he have compassion according to his great mercy;

³³For he doth not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men.

³⁴Doth one trample under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

³⁵Doth he bend the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

³⁶Doth he subvert a man in his cause, and shall not the Lord behold it?

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

³⁸Cometh not evil, as well as good, from the mouth of the Most High?

³⁹Wherefore then murmureth the living man? Let him murmur at his own sin!

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah!

⁴¹Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens!

⁴²We have transgressed; we have rebelled; thou hast not forgiven!

⁴³Thou hast hidden thyself in anger, and hast pursued us; thou hast slain and hast not spared;

⁴⁴Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer may not pass through;

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

⁴⁶All our enemies have opened their mouths against us;

⁴⁷Terror and the pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction;

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

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

⁵⁰Until Jehovah look down and behold from heaven.

⁵¹Mine eye is painful to me on account of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²They that are my enemies without cause hunt me down like a bird;

⁵³They take away my life in the dungeon; they cast a stone upon me;

⁵⁴Waters flow over my head; I say, "I am undone!"

⁵⁵I call upon thy name, O Jehovah, from the deep dungeon;

⁵⁶Hear thou my voice! hide not thine ear from my cry for relief!

⁵⁷Be near to me, when I call upon thee! Say, "Fear not!"

⁵⁸Thou maintainest my cause, O Lord; thou redeemest my life!

⁵⁹Thou, O Jehovah, seest the wrong done to me; Maintain thou my cause!

⁶⁰Thou seest all their vengeance, all their devices against me.

⁶¹Thou hearest their reproach, O Jehovah, all their devices against me,

⁶²The words of my adversaries, and their machinations against me all the day long!

⁶³Behold their sitting down and their rising up! I am their song.

⁶⁴Render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands!

⁶⁵Give them blindness of mind! thy curse be upon them!

⁶⁶Pursue them in thine anger, and destroy them from under Jehovah’s heaven!

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.