Lamentations 3 Comparison: Wycliffe Bible (1395) vs KJV with Apocrypha

Lamentations 3

¹Aleph. I am a man seynge my pouert in the yerde of his indignacioun.

²Aleph. He droof me, and brouyte in to derknessis, and not in to liyt.

³Aleph. Oneli he turnede in to me, and turnede togidere his hond al dai.

⁴Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.

⁵Beth. He bildid in my cumpas, and he cumpasside me with galle and trauel.

⁶Beth. He settide me in derk places, as euerlastynge deed men.

⁷Gymel. He bildide aboute ayens me, that Y go not out; he aggregide my gyues.

⁸Gymel. But and whanne Y crie and preye, he hath excludid my preier.

⁹Gymel. He closide togidere my weies with square stoonus; he distriede my pathis.

¹⁰Deleth. He is maad a bere settinge aspies to me, a lioun in hid places.

¹¹Deleth. He distriede my pathis, and brak me; he settide me desolat.

¹²Deleth. He bente his bowe, and settide me as a signe to an arowe.

¹³He. He sente in my reynes the douytris of his arowe caas.

¹⁴He. Y am maad in to scorn to al the puple, the song of hem al dai.

¹⁵He. He fillide me with bitternesses; he gretli fillide me with wermod.

¹⁶Vau. He brak at noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with aische.

¹⁷Vau. And my soule is putte awei; Y haue foryete goodis.

¹⁸Vau. And Y seide, Myn ende perischide, and myn hope fro the Lord.

¹⁹Zai. Haue thou mynde on my pouert and goyng ouer, and on wermod and galle.

²⁰Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.

²¹Zai. Y bithenkynge these thingis in myn herte, schal hope in God.

²²Heth. The mercies of the Lord ben manye, for we ben not wastid; for whi hise merciful doyngis failiden not.

²³Heth. Y knew in the morewtid; thi feith is miche.

²⁴Heth. My soule seide, The Lord is my part; therfor Y schal abide hym.

²⁵Teth. The Lord is good to hem that hopen in to hym, to a soule sekynge hym.

²⁶Teth. It is good to abide with stilnesse the helthe of God.

²⁷Teth. It is good to a man, whanne he hath bore the yok fro his yongthe.

²⁸Joth. He schal sitte aloone, and he schal be stille; for he reiside hym silf aboue hym silf.

²⁹Joth. He schal sette his mouth in dust, if perauenture hope is.

³⁰Joth. He schal yyue the cheke to a man that smytith hym; he schal be fillid with schenschipis.

³¹Caph. For the Lord schal not putte awei with outen ende.

³²Caph. For if he castide awei, and he schal do merci bi the multitude of hise mercies.

³³Caph. For he makide not low of his herte; and castide not awei the sones of men. Lameth.

³⁴That he schulde al to-foule vndur hise feet alle the boundun men of erthe. Lameth.

³⁵That he schulde bowe doun the dom of man, in the siyt of the cheer of the hiyeste.

³⁶Lameth. That he schulde peruerte a man in his dom, the Lord knew not.

³⁷Men. Who is this that seide, that a thing schulde be don, whanne the Lord comaundide not?

³⁸Men. Nether goodis nether yuels schulen go out of the mouth of the hiyeste.

³⁹Men. What grutchide a man lyuynge, a man for hise synnes?

⁴⁰Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seke we, and turne we ayen to the Lord.

⁴¹Nun. Reise we oure hertis with hondis, to the Lord in to heuenes.

⁴²Nun. We han do wickidli, and han terrid thee to wraththe; therfor thou art not able to be preied.

⁴³Sameth. Thou hilidist in stronge veniaunce, and smitidist vs; thou killidist, and sparidist not.

⁴⁴Sameth. Thou settidist a clowde to thee, that preier passe not.

⁴⁵Sameth. Thou settidist me, drawing vp bi the roote, and castynge out, in the myddis of puplis.

⁴⁶Ayn. Alle enemyes openyden her mouth on vs.

⁴⁷Ayn. Inward drede and snare is maad to vs, profesie and defoulyng.

⁴⁸Ayn. Myn iyen ledden doun departyngis of watris, for the defoulyng of the douyter of my puple.

⁴⁹Phe. Myn iye was turmentid, and was not stille; for no reste was.

⁵⁰Phe. Vntil the Lord bihelde, and siy fro heuenes.

⁵¹Phe. Myn iye robbide my soule in alle the douytris of my citee.

⁵²Sade. Myn enemyes token me with out cause, bi huntyng as a brid.

⁵³Sade. My lijf slood in to a lake; and thei puttiden a stoon on me.

⁵⁴Sade. Watris flowiden ouer myn heed; Y seide, Y perischide.

⁵⁵Coph. Lord, Y clepide to help thi name, fro the laste lake.

⁵⁶Coph. Thou herdist my vois; turne thou not awei thin eere fro my sobbyng and cries.

⁵⁷Coph. Thou neiyidist to me in the dai, wherynne Y clepide thee to help; thou seidist, Drede thou not.

⁵⁸Res. Lord, ayenbiere of my lijf, thou demydist the cause of my soule.

⁵⁹Res. Lord, thou siest the wickidnesse of hem ayens me; deme thou my doom.

⁶⁰Res. Thou siest al the woodnesse, alle the thouytis of hem ayenus me.

⁶¹Syn. Lord, thou herdist the schenshipis of hem; alle the thouytis of hem ayens me.

⁶²Syn. The lippis of men risynge ayens me, and the thouytis of hem ayens me al dai.

⁶³Syn. Se thou the sittynge and risyng ayen of hem; Y am the salm of hem.

⁶⁴Thau. Lord, thou schalt yelde while to hem, bi the werkis of her hondis.

⁶⁵Tau. Thou schalt yyue to hem the scheeld of herte, thi trauel.

⁶⁶Tau. Lord, thou schalt pursue hem in thi strong veniaunce, and thou schalt defoule hem vndur heuenes.

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.