3:1 Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.
Aleph Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.

3:2 Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.
Aleph Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras, et non in lucem.

3:3 Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.
Aleph Tantum in me vertit et convertit manum suam tota die.

3:4 Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Beth Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam; contrivit ossa mea.

3:5 Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall, and labour.
Beth Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me felle et labore.

3:6 Beth. He hath set me in dark places, as those that are dead for ever.
Beth In tenebrosis collocavit me, quasi mortuos sempiternos.

3:7 Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.
Ghimel Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar; aggravavit compedem meum.

3:8 Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.
Ghimel Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.

3:9 Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.
Ghimel Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; semitas meas subvertit.

3:10 Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.
Daleth Ursus insidians factus est mihi, leo in absconditis.

3:11 Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.
Daleth Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me; posuit me desolatam.

3:12 Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.
Daleth Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam.

3:13 He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.
He Misit in renibus meis filias pharetræ suæ.

3:14 He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.
He Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, canticum eorum tota die.

3:15 He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.
He Replevit me amaritudinibus; inebriavit me absinthio.

3:16 Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.
Vau Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos; cibavit me cinere.

3:17 Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.
Vau Et repulsa est a pace anima mea; oblitus sum bonorum.

3:18 Vau. And I said: My end, and my hope is perished from the Lord.
Vau Et dixi: Periit finis meus, et spes mea a Domino.

3:19 Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood and the gall.
Zain Recordare paupertatis, et transgressionis meæ, absinthii et fellis.

3:20 Zain. I will be mindful, and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.
Zain Memoria memor ero, et tabescet in me anima mea.

3:21 Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.
Zain Hæc recolens in corde meo, ideo sperabo.

3:22 Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.
Heth Misericordiæ Domini, quia non sumus consumpti; quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.

3:23 Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.
Heth Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua.

3:24 Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.
Heth Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea; propterea exspectabo eum.

3:25 Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Teth Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animæ quærenti illum.

3:26 Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
Teth Bonum est præstolari cum silentio salutare Dei.

3:27 Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.
Teth Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum ab adolescentia sua.

3:28 Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
Jod Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit, quia levavit super se.

3:29 Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Jod Ponet in pulvere os suum, si forte sit spes.

3:30 Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.
Jod Dabit percutienti se maxillam: saturabitur opprobriis.

3:31 Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
Caph Quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus.

3:32 Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.
Caph Quia si abjecit, et miserebitur, secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum.

3:33 Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.
Caph Non enim humiliavit ex corde suo et abjecit filios hominum.

3:34 Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
Lamed Ut conteret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terræ.

3:35 Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamed Ut declinaret judicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi.

3:36 Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.
Lamed Ut perverteret hominem in judicio suo; Dominus ignoravit.

3:37 Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Mem Quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret, Domino non jubente?

3:38 Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?
Mem Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona?

3:39 Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?
Mem Quid murmuravit homo vivens, vir pro peccatis suis?

3:40 Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.
Nun Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, et revertamur ad Dominum.

3:41 Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.
Nun Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in cælos.

3:42 Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.
Nun Nos inique egimus, et ad iracundiam provocavimus; idcirco tu inexorabilis es.

3:43 Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed, and hast not spared.
Samech Operuisti in furore, et percussisti nos; occidisti, nec pepercisti.

3:44 Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.
Samech Opposuisti nubem tibi, ne transeat oratio.

3:45 Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse, in the midst of the people.
Samech Eradicationem et abjectionem posuisti me in medio populorum.

3:46 Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Phe Aperuerunt super nos os suum omnes inimici.

3:47 Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.
Phe Formido et laqueus facta est nobis vaticinatio, et contritio.

3:48 Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Phe Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus, in contritione filiæ populi mei.

3:49 Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:
Ain Oculus meus afflictus est, nec tacuit, eo quod non esset requies.

3:50 Ain. Till the Lord regarded, and looked down from the heavens.
Ain Donec respiceret et videret Dominus de cælis.

3:51 Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
Ain Oculus meus deprædatus est animam meam in cunctis filiabus urbis meæ.

3:52 Sade. My enemies have chased me, and caught me like a bird, without cause.
Sade Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis.

3:53 Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.
Sade Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, et posuerunt lapidem super me.

3:54 Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.
Sade Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum; dixi: Perii.

3:55 Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.
Coph Invocavi nomen tuum, Domine, de lacu novissimo.

3:56 Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.
Coph Vocem meam audisti; ne avertas aurem tuam a singultu meo et clamoribus.

3:57 Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee: thou saidst: Fear not.
Coph Appropinquasti in die quando invocavi te; dixisti: Ne timeas.

3:58 Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.
Res Judicasti, Domine, causam animæ meæ, redemptor vitæ meæ.

3:59 Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me, judge thou my judgment.
Res Vidisti, Domine, iniquitatem illorum adversum me: judica judicium meum.

3:60 Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.
Res Vidisti omnem furorem, universas cogitationes eorum adversum me.

3:61 Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.
Sin Audisti opprobrium eorum, Domine, omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me.

3:62 Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.
Sin Labia insurgentium mihi, et meditationes eorum adversum me tota die.

3:63 Sin. Behold, their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.
Sin Sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide; ego sum psalmus eorum.

3:64 Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
Thau Redes eis vicem, Domine, juxta opera manuum suarum.

3:65 Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.
Thau Dabis eis scutum cordis, laborem tuum.

3:66 Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.
Thau Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos sub cælis, Domine.