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Lamentations 3

An afflicted man describes darkness, pain, and apparent abandonment, yet in the center of the chapter he recalls the LORD’s mercies, compassion, and faithfulness. Hope leads to patient waiting, self-examination, prayer, and confidence that God sees injustice and will judge rightly.

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An afflicted man describes darkness, pain, and apparent abandonment, yet in the center of the chapter he recalls the LORD’s mercies, compassion, and faithfulness. Hope leads to patient waiting, self-examination, prayer, and confidence that God sees injustice and will judge rightly.

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Verses 1–20The afflicted man describes bitterness, darkness, and deep sufferingVerses 21–36Hope rises because the LORD’s mercies are new every morning and he does not afflict willinglyVerses 37–41God rules over good and evil circumstances, so the people should search their ways and returnVerses 42–54The people confess rebellion while enemies pursue and destruction overwhelmsVerses 55–66From the low dungeon the sufferer calls on the LORD, remembers his answer, and asks for judgment on enemies
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1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the…2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but…3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand…4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he…5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall…6He hath set me in dark places, as they that…7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out:…8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my…9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath…10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait,…11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in…12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a…13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter…14I was a derision to all my people; and their…15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me…16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he…17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace:…18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished…19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the…20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled…21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not…23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will…25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him,…26It is good that a man should both hope and…27It is good for a man that he bear the…28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne…29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be…30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he…31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion…33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children…34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the…35To turn aside the right of a man before the…36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth…37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass,…38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not…39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the…40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again…41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto…42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast…44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer…45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in…46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and…48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the…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…52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and…54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am…55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the…56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at…57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon…58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul;…59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my…60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations…61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their…62The lips of those that rose up against me, and…63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am…64Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the…65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens…