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| | Lam 3:1 | I `am' the man `who' hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
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| | Lam 3:2 | Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.
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| | Lam 3:3 | Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
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| | Lam 3:4 | He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
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| | Lam 3:5 | He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
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| | Lam 3:6 | In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
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| | Lam 3:7 | He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
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| | Lam 3:8 | Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
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| | Lam 3:9 | He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
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| | Lam 3:10 | A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
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| | Lam 3:11 | My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
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| | Lam 3:12 | He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
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| | Lam 3:13 | He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
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| | Lam 3:14 | I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
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| | Lam 3:15 | He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.
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| | Lam 3:16 | And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
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| | Lam 3:17 | And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
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| | Lam 3:18 | And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
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| | Lam 3:19 | Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
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| | Lam 3:20 | Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
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| | Lam 3:21 | This I turn to my heart -- therefore I hope.
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| | Lam 3:22 | The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
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| | Lam 3:23 | New every morning, abundant `is' thy faithfulness.
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| | Lam 3:24 | My portion `is' Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
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| | Lam 3:25 | Good `is' Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul `that' seeketh Him.
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| | Lam 3:26 | Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
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| | Lam 3:27 | Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
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| | Lam 3:28 | He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid `it' upon him.
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| | Lam 3:29 | He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
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| | Lam 3:30 | He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
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| | Lam 3:31 | For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
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| | Lam 3:32 | For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
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| | Lam 3:33 | For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
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| | Lam 3:34 | To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
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| | Lam 3:35 | To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
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| | Lam 3:36 | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
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| | Lam 3:37 | Who `is' this -- he hath said, and it is, `And' the Lord hath not commanded `it'?
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| | Lam 3:38 | From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
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| | Lam 3:39 | What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
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| | Lam 3:40 | We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
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| | Lam 3:41 | We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
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| | Lam 3:42 | We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.
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| | Lam 3:43 | Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.
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| | Lam 3:44 | Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
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| | Lam 3:45 | Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
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| | Lam 3:46 | Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
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| | Lam 3:47 | Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
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| | Lam 3:48 | Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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| | Lam 3:49 | Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
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| | Lam 3:50 | Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,
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| | Lam 3:51 | My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
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| | Lam 3:52 | Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
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| | Lam 3:53 | They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
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| | Lam 3:54 | Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
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| | Lam 3:55 | I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
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| | Lam 3:56 | My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.
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| | Lam 3:57 | Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
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| | Lam 3:58 | Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
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| | Lam 3:59 | Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
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| | Lam 3:60 | Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
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| | Lam 3:61 | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
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| | Lam 3:62 | The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
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| | Lam 3:63 | Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I `am' their song.
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| | Lam 3:64 | Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
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| | Lam 3:65 | Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
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| | Lam 3:66 | Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
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