Lamentations 3

Reading Lamentations chapter 3 in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible, public-domain text from 1899.

Verses 1–10

1 Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.

2 Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.

3 Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.

4 Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.

5 Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall, and labour.

6 Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

7 Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

8 Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

9 Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

10 Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

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