Lamentations, 3

1. Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.

1. ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν ἐν ῥάβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμέ

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

2. παρέλαβέν με καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς

3. Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.

3. πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν

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

4. ἐπαλαίωσεν σάρκας μου καὶ δέρμα μου ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν

5. Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.

5. ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν κεφαλήν μου καὶ ἐμόχθησεν

6. Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

6. ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέν με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος

7. Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

7. ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι ἐβάρυνεν χαλκόν μου

8. Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

8. καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω ἀπέφραξεν προσευχήν μου

9. Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

9. ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου ἐνέφραξεν τρίβους μου ἐτάραξεν

10. Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

10. ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις

11. Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.

11. κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέν με ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην

12. Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.

12. ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέν με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος

13. He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

13. εἰσήγαγεν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ

14. He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

14. ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν

15. He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.

15. ἐχόρτασέν με πικρίας ἐμέθυσέν με χολῆς

16. Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

16. καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου ἐψώμισέν με σποδόν

17. Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

17. καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθὰ

18. Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

18. καὶ εἶπα ἀπώλετο νεῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ κυρίου

19. Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall.

19. ἐμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου καὶ ἐκ διωγμοῦ μου πικρίας καὶ χολῆς μου

20. Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.

20. μνησθήσεται καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου

21. Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.

21. ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ

22. Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

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23. Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.

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24. Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

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25. Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

25. ἀγαθὸς κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν ψυχῇ ἣ ζητήσει αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν

26. Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

26. καὶ ὑπομενεῖ καὶ ἡσυχάσει εἰς τὸ σωτήριον κυρίου

27. Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

27. ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρὶ ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ

28. Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

28. καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπήσεται ὅτι ἦρεν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῷ

29. Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

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30. Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

30. δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν

31. Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

31. ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπώσεται κύριος

32. Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.

32. ὅτι ὁ ταπεινώσας οἰκτιρήσει κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ

33. Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

33. ὅτι οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν υἱοὺς ἀνδρός

34. Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,

34. τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς

35. Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,

35. τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν ἀνδρὸς κατέναντι προσώπου ὑψίστου

36. Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

36. καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν κύριος οὐκ εἶπεν

37. Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

37. τίς οὕτως εἶπεν καὶ ἐγενήθη κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο

38. Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?

38. ἐκ στόματος ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν

39. Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?

39. τί γογγύσει ἄνθρωπος ζῶν ἀνὴρ περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ

40. Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

40. ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἕως κυρίου

41. Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

41. ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ

42. Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

42. ἡμαρτήσαμεν ἠσεβήσαμεν καὶ οὐχ ἱλάσθης

43. Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.

43. ἐπεσκέπασας ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ἀπεδίωξας ἡμᾶς ἀπέκτεινας οὐκ ἐφείσω

44. Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.

44. ἐπεσκέπασας νεφέλην σεαυτῷ εἵνεκεν προσευχῆς

45. Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

45. καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπωσθῆναι ἔθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν

46. Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

46. διήνοιξαν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν

47. Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.

47. φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή

48. Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

48. ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου

49. Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:

49. ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἔκνηψιν

50. Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.

50. ἕως οὗ διακύψῃ καὶ ἴδῃ κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ

51. Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

51. ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεως

52. Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

52. θηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεάν

53. Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

53. ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπ’ ἐμοί

54. Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

54. ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ κεφαλήν μου εἶπα ἀπῶσμαι

55. Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

55. ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου κύριε ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου

56. Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

56. φωνήν μου ἤκουσας μὴ κρύψῃς τὰ ὦτά σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου

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

57. εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου ἤγγισας ἐν ᾗ σε ἡμέρᾳ ἐπεκαλεσάμην εἶπάς μοι μὴ φοβοῦ

58. Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

58. ἐδίκασας κύριε τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου

59. Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.

59. εἶδες κύριε τὰς ταραχάς μου ἔκρινας τὴν κρίσιν μου

60. Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.

60. εἶδες πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν εἰς πάντας διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐμοί

61. Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.

61. ἤκουσας τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ

62. Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.

62. χείλη ἐπανιστανομένων μοι καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν

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

63. καθέδραν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνάστασιν αὐτῶν ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν

64. Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.

64. ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα κύριε κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν

65. Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

65. ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν καρδίας μόχθον σου αὐτοῖς

66. Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

66. καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κύριε