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OT Text: ALE BHS MAS WLC RAH |
NT Texts: NA26 WH PES

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Lamentations 3:1

I am the man who has ^(C1)seen misery Because of the rod of His wrath.

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Lamentations 3:2

He has driven me and made me walk In ^(C1)darkness and not in light.

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Lamentations 3:3

Indeed, He has ^(C1)turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.

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Lamentations 3:4

He has consumed my ^(C1)flesh and my skin, He has ^(C2)broken my bones.

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Lamentations 3:5

He has ^(F1)^(C1)besieged and surrounded me with ^(F2)^(C2)bitterness and hardship.

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Lamentations 3:6

He has made me live in ^(C1)dark places, Like those who have long been dead.

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Lamentations 3:7

He has ^(C1)walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my ^(F1)^(C2)chain heavy.

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Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry out and call for help, He ^(C1)shuts out my prayer.

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Lamentations 3:9

He has ^(C1)blocked my ways with cut stone; He has twisted my paths.

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Lamentations 3:10

He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

Lamentations 3:11

He has made my ways deviate, and ^(C1)torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

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Lamentations 3:12

He ^(C1)bent His bow And ^(C2)took aim at me as a target for the arrow.

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Lamentations 3:13

He made the ^(F1)arrows of His ^(C1)quiver Enter my ^(F2)inward parts.

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Lamentations 3:14

I have become a ^(C1)laughingstock to all my people, Their ^(C2)song of ridicule all the day.

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Lamentations 3:15

He has ^(C1)filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.

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Lamentations 3:16

He has also ^(C1)made my teeth grind with ^(C2)gravel; He has made me cower in the ^(C3)dust.

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Lamentations 3:17

My soul has been excluded ^(C1)from peace; I have forgotten ^(F1)happiness.

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Lamentations 3:18

So I say, "My ^(F1)strength has failed, And so has my ^(C1)hope from the LORD."

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Lamentations 3:19

Remember my misery and my homelessness, the ^(C1)wormwood and ^(F1)bitterness.

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Lamentations 3:20

^(C1)My soul certainly remembers, And ^(F1)is ^(C2)bent over within me.

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Lamentations 3:21

I recall this to my mind, Therefore I ^(F1)^(C1)wait.

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Lamentations 3:22

^(F1)The LORD'S ^(C1)acts of mercy indeed do not end, ^(C2)For His compassions do not fail.

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Lamentations 3:23

They are new ^(C1)every morning; Great is ^(C2)Your faithfulness.

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Lamentations 3:24

"The LORD is my ^(C1)portion," says my soul, "Therefore I ^(F1)^(C2)wait for Him."

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Lamentations 3:25

The LORD is good to those who ^(F1)^(C1)await Him, To the ^(F2)person who ^(C2)seeks Him.

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Lamentations 3:26

It is good that he ^(C1)waits silently For the salvation of the LORD.

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Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him ^(C1)sit alone and keep quiet, Since He has laid it on him.

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Lamentations 3:29

Let him ^(F1)put his mouth in the ^(C1)dust; Perhaps there is ^(C2)hope.

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Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his ^(C1)cheek to the one who is going to strike him; Let him be filled with shame.

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Lamentations 3:31

For the Lord will ^(C1)not reject forever,

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Lamentations 3:32

For if He causes grief, Then He will have ^(C1)compassion In proportion to His abundant mercy.

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Lamentations 3:33

For He ^(C1)does not ^(F1)afflict ^(F2)willingly Or ^(F3)grieve the sons of mankind.

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Lamentations 3:34

To crush under ^(F1)one's feet All the prisoners of the ^(F2)land,

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Lamentations 3:35

To ^(F1)deprive a man of ^(C1)justice In the presence of the Most High,

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Lamentations 3:36

To ^(F1)^(C1)defraud someone in his lawsuit— Of these things the Lord does not ^(F2)approve.

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Lamentations 3:37

Who is ^(F1)there who speaks and it ^(C1)comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

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Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That ^(F1)^(C1)both adversity and good proceed?

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Lamentations 3:39

Of what can any living ^(F1)mortal, or any man, ^(C1)Complain ^(F2)in view of his sins?

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Lamentations 3:40

Let's ^(C1)examine and search out our ways, And let's return to the LORD.

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Lamentations 3:41

We ^(C1)raise our heart ^(F1)and hands Toward God in heaven;

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Lamentations 3:42

We have ^(C1)done wrong and rebelled; You have ^(C2)not pardoned.

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Lamentations 3:43

You have covered Yourself with ^(C1)anger And ^(C2)pursued us; You have slain and ^(C3)have not spared.

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Lamentations 3:44

You have ^(C1)veiled Yourself with a cloud So that ^(C2)no prayer can pass through.

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Lamentations 3:45

You have made us mere ^(C1)refuse and rubbish In the midst of the peoples.

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Lamentations 3:46

All our enemies have ^(C1)opened their mouths against us.

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Lamentations 3:47

^(C1)Panic and pitfall have come upon us, Devastation and destruction;

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Lamentations 3:48

My ^(F1)^(C1)eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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Lamentations 3:49

My eyes flow ^(C1)unceasingly, Without stopping,

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Lamentations 3:50

Until the LORD ^(C1)looks down And sees from heaven.

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Lamentations 3:51

My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 3:52

My enemies ^(C1)without reason Hunted me down ^(C2)like a bird;

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Lamentations 3:53

They have silenced ^(F1)me ^(C1)in the pit And have ^(F2)^(C2)thrown stones on me.

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Lamentations 3:54

Waters flowed ^(C1)over my head; I said, "I am ^(F1)cut off!"

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Lamentations 3:55

I ^(C1)called on Your name, LORD, Out of the lowest pit.

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Lamentations 3:56

You have ^(C1)heard my voice, "^(C2)Do not cover Your ear from my plea for relief, From my cry for help."

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Lamentations 3:57

You ^(C1)came near on the day I called to You; You said, "^(C2)Do not fear!"

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Lamentations 3:58

Lord, You ^(C1)have pleaded my soul's cause; You have ^(C2)redeemed my life.

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Lamentations 3:59

LORD, You have ^(C1)seen my oppression; ^(C2)Judge my case.

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Lamentations 3:60

You have seen all their vengeance, All their ^(C1)schemes against me.

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Lamentations 3:61

You have heard their ^(C1)reproach, LORD, All their schemes against me.

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Lamentations 3:62

The ^(C1)lips of my assailants and their talk Are against me all day long.

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Lamentations 3:63

Look at their ^(F1)^(C1)sitting and their rising; ^(C2)I am their mocking song.

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Lamentations 3:64

You will ^(C1)repay them, LORD, In accordance with the work of their hands.

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Lamentations 3:65

You will give them ^(F1)^(C1)shamelessness of heart, Your curse will be on them.

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Lamentations 3:66

You will ^(C1)pursue them in anger and eliminate them From under the ^(C2)heavens of the LORD!

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