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Lamentación del afligido

Yo soy el hombre que ha visto la aflicciónbajo la vara de su furor^a.2 Él me ha llevado y me ha hecho andaren tinieblas y no en luz^a.3 Ciertamente contra mí ha vuelto y revueltosu mano^a todo el día.4 Ha hecho que se consuman mi carne y mi piel,ha quebrado mis huesos^a.5 Me ha sitiado¹ y rodeadode amargura²^a y de fatiga^b.6 En lugares tenebrosos me ha hecho morar,como los que han muerto hace tiempo^a.7 Con muro me ha cercado y no puedo salir^a,ha hecho pesadas mis cadenas¹^b.8 Aun cuando clamo y pido auxilio,Él cierra el paso a mi oración^a.9 Ha cerrado¹ mis caminos con piedra labrada,ha hecho tortuosos mis senderos^a.10 Él es para mí como oso en acecho,como león en lugares ocultos.11 Ha desviado mis caminos y me ha destrozado^a,me ha dejado desolado.12 Ha entesado su arco^ay me ha puesto como blanco de la flecha^b.13 Hizo que penetraran en mis entrañas¹las flechas² de su aljaba^a.14 He venido a ser objeto de burla de todo mi pueblo^a,su copla^b todo el día.15 Él me ha llenado de amargura,me ha embriagado con ajenjo^a.16 Ha quebrado con guijarro^a mis dientes^b,ha hecho que me revuelque en el polvo^c.17 Y mi alma ha sido privada¹ de la paz^a,he olvidado la felicidad².18 Digo, pues: Ha perecido mi vigor,y mi esperanza^a que venía del SEÑOR.

19 Acuérdate de mi aflicción y de mi vagar¹,del ajenjo y de la amargura²^a.20 Ciertamente lo recuerda y se abatemi alma^a dentro de mí^b.21 Esto traigo a mi corazón,por esto tengo esperanza^a:22 Que las misericordias del SEÑOR jamás terminan¹^a,pues nunca fallan sus bondades^b;23 son nuevas cada mañana^a;¡grande es tu fidelidad^b!24 El SEÑOR es mi porción—dice mi alma^a—por eso en Él espero^b.25 Bueno es el SEÑOR para los que en Él esperan^a,para el alma que le busca^b.26 Bueno es esperar en silenciola salvación del SEÑOR^a.27 Bueno es para el hombre llevarel yugo en su juventud.28 Que se siente solo^a y en silencioya que Él se lo ha impuesto;29 que ponga su boca en el polvo^a,quizá haya esperanza^b;30 que dé la mejilla^a al que lo hiere;que se sacie de oprobios.31 Porque no rechaza para siempre el Señor^a,32 antes bien, si aflige, también se compadecerásegún su gran misericordia^a.33 Porque Él no castiga por gusto¹,ni aflige a los hijos de los hombres^a.34 Aplastar bajo los¹ piesa todos los prisioneros de un país,35 privar del¹ derecho a un hombreen presencia del Altísimo^a,36 defraudar¹ a un hombre en su litigio:estas cosas no aprueba² el Señor^a.37 ¿Quién es aquel¹ que habla y así sucede,a menos que el Señor lo haya ordenado^a?38 ¿No salen de la boca del Altísimotanto el mal como el bien^a?

39 ¿Por qué ha de quejarse el ser viviente?¡Sea valiente frente a sus pecados^a!40 Examinemos nuestros caminos y escudriñémoslos,y volvamos al SEÑOR^a;41 alcemos nuestro corazón en nuestras manos¹hacia Dios en los cielos^a.42 Nosotros hemos transgredido y nos hemos rebelado^a;tú no has perdonado^b.43 Te has cubierto de ira y nos has perseguido^a;has matado y no has perdonado^b.44 Te has cubierto de una nube^apara que no pase la oración^b.45 Basura y escoria nos has hechoen medio de los pueblos^a.46 Han abierto su boca contra nosotrostodos nuestros enemigos^a.47 Terror y foso nos han sobrevenido^a,desolación y destrucción.48 Arroyos de agua derraman mis ojosa causa de la destrucción¹ de la hija de mi pueblo^a.49 Mis ojos fluyen sin cesar,ya que no hay descanso^a50 hasta que mire y veael SEÑOR desde los cielos^a.51 Mis ojos causan dolor a mi almapor todas las hijas de mi ciudad.52 Constantemente me han dado caza^a como a un ave^bmis enemigos, sin haber causa;53 silenciaron mi vida en la fosa^a,pusieron piedra¹^b sobre mí.54 Cubrieron las aguas mi cabeza,dije: ¡Estoy perdido^a!55 Invoqué tu nombre, oh SEÑOR,desde la fosa más profunda^a.56 Tú oíste mi voz^a: No escondastu oído a mi clamor^b, a mi grito de auxilio.57 Te acercaste el día que te invoqué^a,dijiste: No temas^b.58 Tú has defendido, oh Señor, la causa de mi alma^a,tú has redimido mi vida^b.59 Tú has visto, oh SEÑOR, mi opresión^a,juzga mi causa^b.60 Has visto toda su venganza,todas sus tramas contra mí^a.61 Has oído sus oprobios, oh SEÑOR,todas sus tramas contra mí^a;62 los labios de mis agresores y sus murmuracionesestán contra mí todo el día^a.63 Se sienten o se levanten, míralos^a,yo soy el objeto de su copla^b.64 Tú les darás su pago, oh SEÑOR,conforme a la obra de sus manos^a.65 Les darás dureza¹ de corazón^a,tu maldición será sobre ellos.66 Los perseguirás con ira y los destruirás^ade debajo de los cielos del SEÑOR^b.

Jeremiah Shares Israel’s Affliction

I am Jeremiah the man who has ^aseen afflictionBecause of the rod of His wrath.2 He has led me and made me walkIn ^adarkness and not in light.3 Surely He has ^aturned His hand against meRepeatedly all the day.4 ^aHe has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has ^bshattered my bones.5 He has ^abesieged and surrounded me with ^bbitterness and hardship.6 He has made me live in ^adark placesLike those who have long been dead.7 He ^awalled me in so that I cannot get out;He has weighted down my ^bchain.8 Even when I cry out and shout for help,He ^ashuts out my prayer.9 He has ^ablocked my ways with cut stone;He has made my paths crooked.10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait,And like a lion hiding in secret places.11 He has turned aside my ways and ^atorn me in pieces;He has made me desolate.12 He has ^abent His bowAnd ^bset me as a target for the arrow.13 He has caused the arrows of His ^aquiverTo enter my inner parts.14 I have become the object of ^aridicule to all my people,And the subject of their mocking ^bsong all the day.15 He has ^afilled me with bitterness;He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness) .16 He has ^abroken my teeth with ^bgravel;He has covered me with ^cashes and made me cower in the dust.17 My soul has been cast far away ^afrom peace;I have forgotten happiness.18 So I say, “My strength has perishedAnd so has my ^ahope and expectation from the LORD.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19 Remember O LORD my affliction and my wandering, the ^awormwood and the gall (bitterness) .20 ^aMy soul continually remembers themAnd is ^bbowed down within me.21 But this I call to mind,Therefore I have ^ahope.22 It is because of the LORD’S ^alovingkindnesses that we are not consumed,^bBecause His tender compassions never fail. Mal 3:623 They are new ^aevery morning;Great and beyond measure is ^bYour faithfulness. Is 33:224 “The LORD is my ^aportion and my inheritance,” says my soul;“Therefore ^bI have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.” Num 18:2025 The LORD is good to those who ^await confidently for Him,To those who ^bseek Him on the authority of God’s word.26 It is good that one ^awaits quietlyFor the salvation of the LORD.27 It is good for a man that he should bearThe yoke of godly discipline in his youth.28 Let him ^asit alone in hope and keep quiet,Because God has laid it on him for his benefit. Rom 8:2829 Let him put his mouth in the ^adust in recognition of his unworthiness;There may yet be ^bhope. Mic 7:1730 Let him give his ^acheek to the one who strikes him;Let him be filled with reproach.31 For the Lord will ^anot reject forever, Ps 94:1432 For if He causes grief,Then He will have ^acompassionAccording to His abundant lovingkindness and tender mercy.33 For He ^adoes not afflict willingly and from His heartOr grieve the children of men. Ezek 18:23, 32; Hos 11:8; Heb 12:5-10; 2+@Pet 3:934 To trample and crush under His feetAll the prisoners of the land,35 To deprive a man of ^ajusticeIn the presence of the Most High,36 To ^adefraud a man in his lawsuit—The Lord does not approve of these things.37 Who is there who speaks and it ^acomes to pass,Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most HighThat both ^aadversity (misfortune) and good (prosperity, happiness) proceed?

39 Why should any living mortal, or any man,^aComplain of punishment in view of his sins?40 Let us test and ^aexamine our ways,And let us return to the LORD.41 Let us ^alift up our hearts and our hands in prayerToward God in heaven;42 We have ^atransgressed and rebelled,You have ^bnot pardoned.43 You have covered Yourself with ^aangerAnd ^bpursued us;You have slain without pity and ^chave not spared.44 You have ^acovered Yourself with a cloudSo that ^bno prayer can pass through.45 You have made us ^ascum and refuseAmong the peoples (Gentile nations) .46 All our enemies have ^agaped at us.47 ^aPanic and pitfall (traps, danger) have come on us,Devastation and destruction.48 My ^aeyes overflow with streams of tearsBecause of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem) .49 My eyes overflow ^aunceasingly,Without stopping,50 Until the LORD ^alooks downAnd sees from heaven.51 My eyes see things that bring pain to my soulBecause of all the daughters of my city.52 ^aWithout cause my enemiesHunted me down ^blike a bird;53 They silenced me ^ain the pitAnd ^bplaced a stone over me. Jer 3854 The waters ran ^adown on my head;I said, “I am cut off (destroyed) !”55 I ^acalled on Your name, O LORD,Out of the lowest pit. Jer 38:656 You have ^aheard my voice,“^bDo not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,From my cry for help.”57 You ^adrew near on the day I called to You;You said, “^bDo not fear.” James 4:858 O Lord, You ^ahave pleaded my soul’s cause You have guided my way and protected me;You have rescued and ^bredeemed my life.59 O LORD, You have ^aseen the wrong done to me;^bJudge my case.60 You have seen all their vengeance,All their ^aschemes against me.61 You have heard their ^areproach, O LORD,And all their schemes against me.62 The ^alips and whispering of my assailantsAre against me all day long.63 Look at their ^asitting and their rising their actions and secret counsels;^bI am their mocking song the subject of their ridicule. Ps 139:2; Is 37:2864 You will ^arepay them, O LORD,According to the work of their hands.65 You will ^aharden their hearts;Your curse will be upon them.66 You will ^apursue them in anger and destroy themFrom under the ^bheavens of the LORD.