Lamentations 3
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I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

arrows. Heb. sons

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

my portion

Psalm 16:5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, …

Psalm 119:57 You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.

Psalm 142:5 I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion …

Jeremiah 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all …

Jeremiah 51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all …

therefore

Lamentations 3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning …

1 Chronicles 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered …

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my …

Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that …

Psalm 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on them that fear him, on them that …

Psalm 42:11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within …

Psalm 43:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within …

Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before …

Psalm 84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.

Psalm 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and …

Romans 15:12 And again, Esaias said, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that …

1 Peter 1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and …

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

good

Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation …

Genesis 49:18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.

Psalm 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your …

Psalm 37:7,34 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because …

Psalm 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you.

Psalm 40:1-5 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry…

Psalm 61:1,5 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer…

Psalm 130:5,6 I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope…

Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, See, this is our God; we have waited …

Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, …

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall …

Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived …

Micah 7:7,8 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my …

Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait you on me, said the LORD, until the day that I rise …

1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, …

James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brothers, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, …

to

1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve …

2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and …

2 Chronicles 19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have …

2 Chronicles 30:19 That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers…

2 Chronicles 31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, …

Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that …

Psalm 27:8 When you said, Seek you my face; my heart said to you, Your face, …

Psalm 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Psalm 105:3 Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

Psalm 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with …

Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit …

Isaiah 55:6 Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you on him while he is near:

Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your …

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

doth

Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his …

Numbers 11:11 And Moses said to the LORD, Why have you afflicted your servant? …

Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.

Isaiah 38:17-19 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to …

complain, or murmur. a man

Genesis 4:5-7,13,14 But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was …

Leviticus 26:41,43 And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them …

Numbers 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel …

Numbers 17:12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, …

Joshua 7:6-13 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before …

2 Samuel 6:7,8 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote …

2 Kings 3:13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? …

2 Kings 6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the …

Ezra 9:13 And after all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our …

Job 11:6 And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom…

Isaiah 51:20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, …

Jonah 2:3,4 For you had cast me into the deep, in the middle of the seas; and …

Jonah 4:8,9 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a …

Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against …

Hebrews 12:5-12 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to …

Revelation 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of …

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

search

1 Chronicles 15:12,13 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: …

Job 11:13-15 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him…

Job 34:31,32 Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I …

Psalm 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart on your bed, …

Psalm 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.

Psalm 139:23,24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts…

Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions …

Haggai 1:5-9 Now therefore thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways…

1 Corinthians 11:28,31 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, …

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves. …

turn

Deuteronomy 4:30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come on you, …

2 Chronicles 30:6,9 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes …

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: …

Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will …

Hosea 12:6 Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait …

Hosea 14:1-3 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity…

Joel 2:12,13 Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your …

Zechariah 1:3,4 Therefore say you to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Turn you …

Acts 26:20 But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout …

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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