Lamentaciones 3
Reina Valera Revisada
Esperanza de liberación por la misericordia de Jehová
3 Yo soy el hombre que ha visto aflicción bajo el látigo de su enojo.
2 Me guió y me hizo caminar en tinieblas, y no en luz;
3 Sí, contra mí volvió y revolvió su mano todo el día.
4 Hizo envejecer mi carne y mi piel; quebrantó mis huesos;
5 Edificó baluartes contra mí, y me rodeó de amargura y de fatiga.
6 Me dejó en oscuridad, como los ya muertos de mucho tiempo.
7 Me cercó por todos lados, y no puedo salir; ha hecho pesadas mis cadenas;
8 Aun cuando grito y pido auxilio, cierra los oídos a mi oración;
9 Cercó mis caminos con piedras sillares, torció mis senderos.
10 Fue para mí como oso que acecha, como león en escondrijo;
11 Torció mis caminos, y me despedazó; me ha dejado hecho un horror.
12 Entesó su arco, y me puso como blanco de sus saetas.
13 Hizo entrar en mis riñones las saetas de su aljaba.
14 He venido a ser la irrisión de todo mi pueblo, su cantinela de todos los días;
15 Me llenó de amarguras, me embriagó de ajenjos.
16 Mis dientes quebró con guijarro, me cubrió de ceniza;
17 Y mi alma se alejó de la paz, me olvidé de la felicidad,
18 Y dije: Perecieron mis fuerzas, y mi esperanza en Jehová.
19 Acuérdate de mi miseria y de mi vida errante, del ajenjo y del veneno;
20 Mi alma lo recuerda todavía, y está abatida dentro de mí;
21 Esto es lo que medito en mi corazón, y por lo que espero.
22 Las gracias de Jehová no se han acabado, sus misericordias no se han agotado.
23 Nuevas son cada mañana; grande es tu fidelidad.
24 Mi porción es Jehová, dice mi alma; por eso espero en él.
25 Bueno es Jehová para los que en él esperan, para el alma que le busca.
26 Bueno es esperar en silencio la salvación de Jehová.
27 Bueno le es al hombre llevar el yugo desde su juventud.
28 Que se siente solo y calle, porque es él quien se lo impuso;
29 Ponga su boca en el polvo, por si aún hay esperanza;
30 Dé la mejilla al que le hiere, y sea colmado de afrentas.
31 Porque el Señor no desecha para siempre;
32 Si aflige, también se compadece según la multitud de sus misericordias;
33 Porque no humilla ni aflige por gusto a los hijos de los hombres.
34 Cuando se desmenuza bajo los pies a todos los encarcelados del país,
35 Cuando se tuerce el derecho del hombre delante de la presencia del Altísimo,
36 Cuando se hace entuerto al hombre en su causa, ¿el Señor no lo ve?
37 ¿Quién será aquel que haya hablado y las cosas sucedieron? ¿No es el Señor el que decide?
38 ¿De la boca del Altísimo no sale lo malo y lo bueno?
39 ¿Por qué se lamenta el hombre? ¡Que sea un valiente contra sus pecados!
40 Escudriñemos nuestros caminos, y examinémoslos, y volvámonos a Jehová;
41 Levantemos nuestros corazones sobre nuestras manos al Dios que está en los cielos;
42 Nosotros nos hemos rebelado, y fuimos desleales; tú no has perdonado.
43 Te has cubierto de ira y nos has perseguido; mataste sin piedad;
44 Te cubriste de nube para que no pasase nuestra oración;
45 Nos has hecho basura y desecho en medio de los pueblos.
46 Todos nuestros enemigos abren contra nosotros su boca;
47 Terror y fosa es nuestra porción, desolación y ruina;
48 Ríos de aguas echan mis ojos por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.
49 Mis ojos destilan y no cesan; ya no hay alivio
50 Hasta que Jehová mire y vea desde los cielos;
51 Mis ojos atormentan a mi alma por todas las hijas de mi ciudad.
52 Mis enemigos me dieron caza como a ave, sin haber por qué;
53 Sofocaron mi vida en una cisterna, y echaron piedras sobre mí;
54 Las aguas cubrieron mi cabeza; y dije: Estoy perdido.
55 Invoqué tu nombre, oh Jehová, desde lo profundo de la fosa;
56 Oíste mi grito; no cierres tu oído a mi grito de socorro.
57 Te acercaste el día que te invoqué; y dijiste: No temas.
58 Abogaste, Señor, la causa de mi alma; redimiste mi vida.
59 Tú has visto, oh Jehová, mi agravio; defiende mi causa.
60 Has visto toda su venganza, todos sus planes contra mí.
61 Has oído sus insultos, oh Jehová, todas sus maquinaciones contra mí;
62 Los dichos de los que contra mí se levantaron, y sus tramas contra mí todo el día.
63 Su sentarse y su levantarse mira; yo soy su copla.
64 Dales el pago, oh Jehová, según la obra de sus manos.
65 Entrégalos al endurecimiento de corazón; tu maldición caiga sobre ellos.
66 Persíguelos en tu furor, y extermínalos de debajo de los cielos, oh Jehová.
Lamentations 3
King James Version
3 I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission.
50 Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
Lamentations 3
New King James Version
The Prophet’s Anguish and Hope
3 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
2 He has led me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.
3 Surely He has turned His hand against me
Time and time again throughout the day.
4 He has aged (A)my flesh and my skin,
And (B)broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and [a]woe.
6 (C)He has set me in dark places
Like the dead of long ago.
7 (D)He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;
He has made my chain heavy.
8 Even (E)when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
10 (F)He has been to me a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in [b]ambush.
11 He has turned aside my ways and (G)torn me in pieces;
He has made me desolate.
12 He has bent His bow
And (H)set me up as a target for the arrow.
13 He has caused (I)the [c]arrows of His quiver
To pierce my [d]loins.
14 I have become the (J)ridicule of all my people—
(K)Their taunting song all the day.
15 (L)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.
16 He has also broken my teeth (M)with gravel,
And [e]covered me with ashes.
17 You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten [f]prosperity.
18 (N)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”
19 Remember my affliction and roaming,
(O)The wormwood and the [g]gall.
20 My soul still remembers
And [h]sinks within me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have (P)hope.
22 (Q)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (R)fail not.
23 They are new (S)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (T)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I (U)hope in Him!”
25 The Lord is good to those who (V)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should (W)hope (X)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 (Y)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
28 (Z)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
29 (AA)Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
30 (AB)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
31 (AC)For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
33 For (AD)He does not afflict [i]willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under one’s feet
All the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,
36 Or subvert a man in his cause—
(AE)The Lord does not approve.
37 Who is he (AF)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (AG)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (AH)Why should a living man [j]complain,
(AI)A man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
41 (AJ)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
42 (AK)We have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.
43 You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.
45 You have made us an (AL)offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
46 (AM)All our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us.
47 (AN)Fear and a snare have come upon us,
(AO)Desolation and destruction.
48 (AP)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (AQ)My eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,
50 Till the Lord from heaven
(AR)Looks down and sees.
51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
52 My enemies (AS)without cause
Hunted me down like a bird.
53 They [k]silenced my life (AT)in the pit
And (AU)threw [l]stones at me.
54 (AV)The waters flowed over my head;
(AW)I said, “I am cut off!”
55 (AX)I called on Your name, O Lord,
From the lowest (AY)pit.
56 (AZ)You have heard my voice:
“Do not hide Your ear
From my sighing, from my cry for help.”
57 You (BA)drew near on the day I called on You,
And said, (BB)“Do not fear!”
58 O Lord, You have (BC)pleaded the case for my soul;
(BD)You have redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, You have seen [m]how I am wronged;
(BE)Judge my case.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
All their (BF)schemes against me.
61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,
62 The lips of my enemies
And their whispering against me all the day.
63 Look at their (BG)sitting down and their rising up;
I am their taunting song.
64 (BH)Repay them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
65 Give them [n]a veiled heart;
Your curse be upon them!
66 In Your anger,
Pursue and destroy them
(BI)From under the heavens of the (BJ)Lord.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:5 hardship or weariness
- Lamentations 3:10 Lit. secret places
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. sons of
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. kidneys
- Lamentations 3:16 Lit. bent me down in
- Lamentations 3:17 Lit. good
- Lamentations 3:19 bitterness
- Lamentations 3:20 Lit. bowed down
- Lamentations 3:33 Lit. from His heart
- Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
- Lamentations 3:53 LXX put to death
- Lamentations 3:53 Lit. a stone on
- Lamentations 3:59 Lit. my wrong
- Lamentations 3:65 A Jewish tradition sorrow of
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