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Lamentations
3
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1
"I am the man who has experienced suffering under the rod of God's fury.
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Lamentations
3
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2
God has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
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Lamentations
3
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4
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
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Lamentations
3
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5
He has attacked me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
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Lamentations
3
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6
He has made me live in darkness, like those who died a long time ago.
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Lamentations
3
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7
He has blocked me so that I can't get out. He has put heavy chains on me.
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Lamentations
3
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9
He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked.
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Lamentations
3
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11
He has forced me off the road I was taking, torn me to pieces, and left me with nothing.
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Lamentations
3
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14
I have become a laughingstock to all my people. All day long [they make fun of me] with their songs.
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Lamentations
3
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15
He has filled me with bitterness. He has made me drink wormwood.
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Lamentations
3
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16
He has ground my teeth with gravel. He has trampled me into the dust.
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Lamentations
3
:
17
"My soul has been kept from enjoying peace. I have forgotten what happiness is.
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Lamentations
3
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18
I said, 'I've lost my strength [to live] and my hope in the LORD.'
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Lamentations
3
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19
Remember my suffering and my [aimless] wandering, the wormwood and poison.
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Lamentations
3
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20
My soul continues to remember [these things] and is so discouraged.
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Lamentations
3
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21
"The reason I can [still] find hope is that I keep this one thing in mind:
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Lamentations
3
:
22
the LORD's mercy. We were not completely wiped out. His compassion is never limited.
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Lamentations
3
:
24
My soul can say, 'The LORD is my lot [in life]. That is why I find hope in him.'
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Lamentations
3
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25
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to anyone who seeks help from him.
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Lamentations
3
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26
"It is good to continue to hope and wait silently for the LORD to save us.
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Lamentations
3
:
28
They should sit alone and remain silent because the LORD has laid these burdens on them.
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Lamentations
3
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29
They should put their mouths in the dust. Maybe a reason to hope exists.
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Lamentations
3
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30
They should turn their cheeks to the one who strikes them and take their fill of insults.
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Lamentations
3
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32
Even if he makes us suffer, he will have compassion in keeping with the richness of his mercy.
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Lamentations
3
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36
or deprive people of justice in court. The Lord isn't happy to see [these things].
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Lamentations
3
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37
Who was it who spoke and it came into being? It was the Lord who gave the order.
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Lamentations
3
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39
"Why should any living mortal (any person) complain about being punished for sin?
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Lamentations
3
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40
Let us look closely at our ways and examine them and then return to the LORD.
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Lamentations
3
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42
"We have been disobedient and rebellious. You haven't forgiven us.
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Lamentations
3
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43
You covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You killed without pity.
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Lamentations
3
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44
You covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer could get through it.
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Lamentations
3
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47
Panic and pitfalls have found us, so have devastation and destruction.
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Lamentations
3
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48
"Streams of tears run down from my eyes over the ruin of my dear people.
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Lamentations
3
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51
What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeply because of all the young women in my city.
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Lamentations
3
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56
Listen to my cry [for help]. Don't close your ears when I cry out for relief.
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Lamentations
3
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57
Be close at hand when I call to you. You told me not to be afraid.
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Lamentations
3
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59
Look at the wrong that has been done to me, O LORD. Give me a fair verdict.
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Lamentations
3
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62
The words and thoughts of those who attack me are directed against me all day long.
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Lamentations
3
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63
Look at them! Whether they are sitting or standing, they make fun of me in their songs.
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Lamentations
3
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64
Pay them back, O LORD, for what they deserve, for what their own hands have done.
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Lamentations
3
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66
Pursue them in anger, and wipe them out from under the LORD's heaven."