## Lamentations Chapter 3

###### Lamentations 3:1
[Lamentations 3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:1)

אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I am the man who has seen torment, by the rod of His fury.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I [(Jeremiah, am the prophet who)] has seen affliction [(i.e., the destruction of the Temple), more so than any other prophet who foretold it (it not having taken place in their days, but in mine)], by the rod of His wrath.


###### Lamentations 3:2
[Lamentations 3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:2)

אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He drove me, led me on, into total darkness.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has led me, and He has brought [me into] darkness and not light.


###### Lamentations 3:3
[Lamentations 3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:3)

אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
At me alone, He repeatedly swings His hand, throughout the day.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely he is turned against me; he turns his hand against me all the day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only against me does He renew [His blows], turning His hand [against me] all the day.


###### Lamentations 3:4
[Lamentations 3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:4)

בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He rotted my flesh and skin, smashed my bones.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has made my flesh and my skin to waste away; he has broken my bones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has worn away my flesh and my skin. He has broken my bones.


###### Lamentations 3:5
[Lamentations 3:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:5)

בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He constructed, against me, encircling me with gall and bitter plants.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has built a mound against me, and has beset me round about at head and hell.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has built [(mounds)] upon me and has encompassed me with gall and woe.


###### Lamentations 3:6
[Lamentations 3:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:6)

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He seated me in gloom like the dead of the world.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has set me in dark places, as those who are long ago dead.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In darkness did He seat me, as the dead of yore.


###### Lamentations 3:7
[Lamentations 3:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:7)

גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחׇשְׁתִּֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He fenced me in and I cannot go out, He chained me heavily.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has hedged me about, so that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has fenced me about; I cannot escape. He has weighted down my [foot] with shackles.


###### Lamentations 3:8
[Lamentations 3:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:8)

גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Even when I cry out and implore, He represses my prayer.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Even when I cry and call for help, he stops up my prayer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Though I call and cry out, He closes up [(the "windows of heaven" to)] my prayer.


###### Lamentations 3:9
[Lamentations 3:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:9)

גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He blockaded my roads with stone, He made my paths crooked.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has blocked my ways with hewn stones; He has made my paths crooked [(by blocking the roads)].


###### Lamentations 3:10
[Lamentations 3:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:10)

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י (אריה) [אֲרִ֖י] בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a stealthy lion.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in secret places.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has become a bear in ambush to me; a lion in the covert.


###### Lamentations 3:11
[Lamentations 3:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:11)

דְּרָכַ֥י סוֹרֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He spread thorns across my roads, He made me hurdle them. He devastated me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has turned aside my ways and straitened my strides; He has made me desolate.


###### Lamentations 3:12
[Lamentations 3:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:12)

דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He arched His bow, and positioned me as a target for the arrow.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has bent His bow and set me up as a target for the arrow.


###### Lamentations 3:13
[Lamentations 3:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:13)

הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיֹתָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He aimed the arrows of His quiver into my kidneys.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has brought into my reins the "sons of His quiver" [i.e., His arrows].


###### Lamentations 3:14
[Lamentations 3:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:14)

הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכׇל־עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I was ridiculed by all my people, the subject of their satirical songs throughout the day.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am become a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I was a mockery to all my people, their song the entire day.


###### Lamentations 3:15
[Lamentations 3:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:15)

הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He satiated me with bitterness, glutted me with bitter plants.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has sated me with bitterness; He has glutted me with wormwood.


###### Lamentations 3:16
[Lamentations 3:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:16)

וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He ground my teeth on pebblestones, He made me grovel in the dust.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has pressed me down into the ashes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He broke my teeth with gravel [(The exiles were constrained to knead their dough in the ground and earth particles adhered to it)]; He pressed me [i.e., my face] down to the dust.


###### Lamentations 3:17
[Lamentations 3:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:17)

וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁל֛וֹם נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טוֹבָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My soul despaired of peace, I have forgotten goodness.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My soul is far removed from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My soul was removed from peace; I forgot good.


###### Lamentations 3:18
[Lamentations 3:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:18)

וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I thought that my world was ruined, my hope from Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I said, My strength and my hope are perished from the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I said: My world and my hope are lost from the L-rd.


###### Lamentations 3:19
[Lamentations 3:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:19)

זְכׇר־עׇנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Remember my torment and my lament, the bitter plants and the gall.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember my affliction and my plaint, wormwood and gall.


###### Lamentations 3:20
[Lamentations 3:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:20)

זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר (ותשיח) [וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ] עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
When remembering, my soul is utterly dejected.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My soul has them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My soul well remembers and is bowed down within me.


###### Lamentations 3:21
[Lamentations 3:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:21)

זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־לִבִּ֖י עַל־כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Still, I take this to heart, and, therefore, continue to hope:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
(But) this shall I return to my heart, and, therefore, I shall hope [again]:


###### Lamentations 3:22
[Lamentations 3:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:22)

חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
By the grace of Adonoy we have not perished, for His compassion is not ended.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that the Lord’s steadfast love has not ceased, and that his compassions do not fail.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The lovingkindnesses of the L-rd do not cease, for His mercies are endless.


###### Lamentations 3:23
[Lamentations 3:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:23)

חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Each morning refreshed, Your faithfulness is immense.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They renew themselves every morning; great is Your trust [(to fulfill Your assurances, and our trust in You to do so)].


###### Lamentations 3:24
[Lamentations 3:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:24)

חֶלְקִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י עַל־כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
‘Adonoy is my portion,’ my soul declares, I therefore hope to Him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L-rd is my portion, my soul has said; and, therefore, I shall trust in Him.


###### Lamentations 3:25
[Lamentations 3:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:25)

ט֤וֹב יְהֹוָה֙ לְקֹוָ֔ו לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Adonoy is good to those who hope to Him, to the soul which searches for Him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L-rd is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks Him.


###### Lamentations 3:26
[Lamentations 3:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:26)

ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
It is good to hope, in stillness, for Adonoy’s deliverance.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is good that a man should quietly hope for the salvation of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is good that one hope and await the salvation of the L-rd.


###### Lamentations 3:27
[Lamentations 3:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:27)

ט֣וֹב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
It is good for man to bear a yoke during his youth.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.


###### Lamentations 3:28
[Lamentations 3:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:28)

יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Let him stay alone and wait, for He [God] has cast it upon him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has taken it upon him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let him [(the mourner)] sit alone and await [(reprieve)], for He has imposed [the decree] upon him.


###### Lamentations 3:29
[Lamentations 3:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:29)

יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Let him place his mouth in the dust, perhaps there is yet hope.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there may be hope.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let him place his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.


###### Lamentations 3:30
[Lamentations 3:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:30)

יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Let him proffer his cheek to his assailant, let him be satiated with humiliation.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let him offer his cheek to him who strikes him; let him take his fill of insult.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let him give his cheek to his smiter; let him take his fill of insult.


###### Lamentations 3:31
[Lamentations 3:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:31)

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
For God does not forsake forever.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the L-rd does not abandon (one) forever.


###### Lamentations 3:32
[Lamentations 3:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:32)

כִּ֣י אִם־הוֹגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב חֲסָדָֽיו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Rather, should he [man] cause grief, then He [God] is compassionate, in accordance with His immense grace.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For if he sorrows [(over his sin)], He will pity (him) in the abundance of His lovingkindness.


###### Lamentations 3:33
[Lamentations 3:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:33)

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְּנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
For He does not torment willfully, nor cause men grief.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He does not afflict (men) from His heart [i.e., from His will] and cause men to sorrow [(but their suffering stems from their sins)].


###### Lamentations 3:34
[Lamentations 3:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:34)

לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
By crushing underfoot all the captives on earth.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[("For He does not afflict, etc.")] to humble under His feet all the bound ones of the earth,


###### Lamentations 3:35
[Lamentations 3:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:35)

לְהַטּוֹת֙ מִשְׁפַּט־גָּ֔בֶר נֶ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֽוֹן׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Or through the miscarriage of a man’s justice before the Supreme Being.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
to turn aside a man's judgment before the face of the Most High,


###### Lamentations 3:36
[Lamentations 3:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:36)

לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Or by aggrieving a man in his dispute—God does not condone this.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approves not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
to subvert a man in his quarrel — the L-rd does not countenance [such things].


###### Lamentations 3:37
[Lamentations 3:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:37)

מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Whosoever issued a declaration that took effect when God did not command?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And if you would contend that all of these things are chance,)] who, then, would say [i.e., command] and it [(a thing)] be, [if] the L-rd did not command,


###### Lamentations 3:38
[Lamentations 3:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:38)

מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
That did not emanate from the Almighty—whether harmful or beneficial?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Out of the mouth of the most High do not both good and evil come?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[if] it did not come forth from the mouth of the Most High, [both] the bad and the good?


###### Lamentations 3:39
[Lamentations 3:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:39)

מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־חֲטָאָֽו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
What should a living man bemoan? A man over his sins.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why then does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
What, then, should a living man complain of? — [Each] man [should complain] of his sins!


###### Lamentations 3:40
[Lamentations 3:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:40)

נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה עַד־יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Let us examine our ways, scrutinize them, and return to God.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let us search and try our ways, and turn back to the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let us seek out our ways and search them out, and let us return to the L-rd!


###### Lamentations 3:41
[Lamentations 3:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:41)

נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Let us uplift our hearts together with our hands, to the Almighty in heaven.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let us lift up our hearts [(in contrition)] with our palms [(in prayer)] to the Almighty in heaven!


###### Lamentations 3:42
[Lamentations 3:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:42)

נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We have transgressed and have rebelled: Thou hast not pardoned.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We have offended and rebelled [(as is our way)], [but] You have not forgiven [(as should be Your way)]!


###### Lamentations 3:43
[Lamentations 3:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:43)

סַכּ֤וֹתָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You have covered Yourself in wrath, and pursued us. You slew pitilessly.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast covered with anger, and pursued us: Thou hast slain, Thou hast not pitied.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have covered [Yourself] with wrath [(as a partition between You and us)] and have pursued us [with it]. You killed; You did not pity.


###### Lamentations 3:44
[Lamentations 3:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:44)

סַכּ֤וֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן֙ לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲב֖וֹר תְּפִלָּֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You have enveloped Yourself in the cloud, so that no prayer would penetrate.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that prayer should not pass through.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have covered Yourself with a cloud against the passing of prayer.


###### Lamentations 3:45
[Lamentations 3:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:45)

סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You made us seem like spittle, abominable among the nations.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast made us offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Repulsive and loathsome have You rendered us in the midst of the peoples.


###### Lamentations 3:46
[Lamentations 3:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:46)

פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כׇּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
They opened their mouths wide concerning us—all our enemies.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have opened their mouths against us, all of our foes.


###### Lamentations 3:47
[Lamentations 3:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:47)

פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Terror, then the pit, were our lot, ruin and disintegration.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fear and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fear and, [(when we fled from it,)] the pit [(into which we fell)] are come upon us, the desolation and the breaking.


###### Lamentations 3:48
[Lamentations 3:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:48)

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Rivers of water stream from my eye, over the disintegration of my people.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My eye runs down with rivers of water for the breach of the daughter of my people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Streams of water shall my eye shed over the destruction of the daughter of my people.


###### Lamentations 3:49
[Lamentations 3:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:49)

עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My eye flows copiously, and will not be stilled, [it will flow] without pause—

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My eye trickles down, and ceases not, without any intermission,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My eye shall flow and not be still, without surcease,


###### Lamentations 3:50
[Lamentations 3:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:50)

עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהֹוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Till Adonoy gazes intently and takes notice from heaven.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
until the L-rd look and behold from heaven.


###### Lamentations 3:51
[Lamentations 3:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:51)

עֵינִי֙ עֽוֹלְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנ֥וֹת עִירִֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My eye has made me ugly, sorrowing over my soul, more than all the inhabitants of my city.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My eye affects my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My eye has disfigured my face [with ceaseless weeping] more than all the daughters [i.e., the families] of my city [(my priestly family having been elected above all of Israel for sacred service)].


###### Lamentations 3:52
[Lamentations 3:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:52)

צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I have been constantly trapped like a bird, by those who are my enemies without cause.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They chased me sore, like a bird, those who hate me without cause.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They hunted me as a bird, my foes — in vain.


###### Lamentations 3:53
[Lamentations 3:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:53)

צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
They bound my life to the dungeon, and cast stones upon me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They bound my life in the pit [(in the prison-house)], and [(that not sufficing them)] cast a stone upon me.


###### Lamentations 3:54
[Lamentations 3:54](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:54)

צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
The waters rose over my head, I thought, ‘I am cut off!’.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Waters flowed over my head; I said: I am cut off [(from life)].


###### Lamentations 3:55
[Lamentations 3:55](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:55)

קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Still, I cried out Your Name, Adonoy from the abysmal dungeon.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I called upon Thy name, O Lord, out of the nethermost pit.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I called Your name, O L-rd, from the nethermost pit.


###### Lamentations 3:56
[Lamentations 3:56](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:56)

קוֹלִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵ֧ם אׇזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You have heard my voice. Do not shut Your ear to my [appeal for] relief, to my prayer.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not Thy ear at my sighing, at my cry.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You heard my voice; deaden not Your ear to my sigh, to my cry.


###### Lamentations 3:57
[Lamentations 3:57](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:57)

קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You came near on the day I called to You, You said, ‘Have no fear.’

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst draw near in the day that I called upon Thee: Thou didst say,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(In the past)] You drew near on the day that I called You. You said: Do not fear.


###### Lamentations 3:58
[Lamentations 3:58](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:58)

רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You fought, O God, the battles of my soul, You redeemed my life.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fear not. O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(In the past)] You battled, my L-rd, the battles of my soul; You redeemed my life.


###### Lamentations 3:59
[Lamentations 3:59](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:59)

רָאִ֤יתָה יְהֹוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שׇׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You have seen, Adonoy, how aggrieved I am—administer justice for me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, Thou hast seen my wrong: judge my cause.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have seen, O L-rd, how I am wronged. Judge my cause [(as You did in the past)].


###### Lamentations 3:60
[Lamentations 3:60](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:60)

רָאִ֙יתָה֙ כׇּל־נִקְמָתָ֔ם כׇּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You have seen all their vindictiveness, all their plots against me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have seen all their revenge, all their thoughts against me.


###### Lamentations 3:61
[Lamentations 3:61](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:61)

שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה כׇּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You have heard their affronts, Adonoy all their [insulting] thoughts concerning me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast heard their insult, O Lord, and all their devices against me;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have heard their insults, O L-rd, all their thoughts against me,


###### Lamentations 3:62
[Lamentations 3:62](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:62)

שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My opponents’ conversation, their unspoken thoughts, are about me, throughout the day.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the lips of those who rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
the lips of those who rose against me, and their muttering against me all the day.


###### Lamentations 3:63
[Lamentations 3:63](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:63)

שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Observe them as they sit or rise—I am the subject of their satirical songs.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Behold their sitting down and their rising up — I am their song.


###### Lamentations 3:64
[Lamentations 3:64](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:64)

תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהֹוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Inflict punishment on them, Adonoy as befits their deeds.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Render to them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Render them their recompense, O L-rd, according to the work of their hands.


###### Lamentations 3:65
[Lamentations 3:65](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:65)

תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Break their hearts, turn them into fools.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give them sorrow of heart; Thy curse be on them!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Give them breaking of heart; [cast] Your curse upon them!


###### Lamentations 3:66
[Lamentations 3:66](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Lamentations/r/3:66)

תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Pursue wrathfully, annihilate them from under Adonoy’s heavens.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Pursue (them) in wrath and wipe them out from under the heavens of the L-rd!