The Scriptures 1998

Lamentations 3:6-19 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

6. He has made me dwell in dark places Like the dead of old.

7. He has hedged me in and I do not go out, He has made my chain heavy.

8. Also, when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

9. He has blocked my ways with hewn stone, He has made my paths crooked.

10. He is to me like a bear lying in wait, A lion in hiding.

11. He has turned aside my ways And torn me in pieces, He has laid me waste.

12. He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.

13. He made the arrows of His quiver pierce my kidneys.

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

15. He has filled me with bitterness, He drenched me with wormwood.

16. And He has broken my teeth with gravel, He has covered me with ashes.

17. And You have removed my being far from peace, I have forgotten goodness.

18. And I said, “My strength and my expectancy Have perished from יהוה.”

19. Remember my affliction and my anguish, The wormwood and the gall.