Lamentations 3:54-64
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 3
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am cut off!' 55I called on Your name, Lord, Out of the lowest pit. 56You have heard my voice, 'Do not cover Your ear from my plea for relief, From my cry for help.' 57You came near on the day I called to You; You said, 'Do not fear!' 58Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause; You have redeemed my life. 59Lord, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case. 60You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me. 61You have heard their reproach, Lord, All their schemes against me. 62The lips of my assailants and their talk Are against me all day long. 63Look at their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. 64You will repay them, Lord, In accordance with the work of their hands.King James Version
55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 3
54Water flooded over my head, and I thought, "I'm going to die! " 55I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit. 56You heard my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief. 57You came near whenever I called you; you said, "Do not be afraid." 58You championed my cause, Lord; you redeemed my life. 59Lord, you saw the wrong done to me; judge my case. 60You saw all their vengefulness, all their plots against me. 61Lord, you heard their insults, all their plots against me. 62The slander and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long. 63When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs. 64You will pay them back what they deserve, Lord, according to the work of their hands.New Living Translation
55But I called on your name, Lord, from deep within the pit.
56You heard me when I cried, 'Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!'
57Yes, you came when I called; you told me, 'Do not fear.'
58Lord, you have come to my defense; you have redeemed my life.
59You have seen the wrong they have done to me, Lord. Be my judge, and prove me right.
60You have seen the vengeful plots my enemies have laid against me.
English Standard Version
Chapter 3
54water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’ 55“I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit; 56you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’ 57You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’ 58“You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life. 59You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; judge my cause. 60You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. 61“You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me. 62The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long. 63Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts. 64“You will repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.New International Version
Chapter 3
54the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish. 55I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. 56You heard my plea: 'Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.'
57You came near when I called you, and you said, 'Do not fear.'
58You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.
59LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
New King James Version