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1 Yo soy un hombre que ha visto lo que se sufre cuando el Señor castiga las maldades.
1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 Él me hizo caminar en tinieblas, sin nada de luz.
2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3 Se ha vuelto contra mí, de día y de noche me castiga sin parar.
3 Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4 Me ha hecho sufrir tanto que hasta me veo avejentado y estoy lleno de tristeza.
4 He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5 Él ha procurado que sólo me acontezcan cosas malas; todo a mi alrededor es triste y penoso.
5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 Me ha hecho vivir en las tinieblas por largo tiempo, como si ya estuviera muerto.
6 He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7 Me ha maltratado por todos lados, casi no tengo ni respiro; estoy tan apesadumbrado que parece que estuviera sujetado con cadenas pesadas.
7 He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8 ¡Por más que grite y clame no me pone nada de atención!
8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 ¡Me ha cerrado el camino de modo que no veo nada claro en mi futuro! ¡Todos mis proyectos los ha estorbado y ya no sé qué hacer!
9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10 Me acecha como un oso, como un león, listo para atacarme.
10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
11 Me ha arrastrado a un lado del camino, me ha despedazado con sus garras, me ha dejado indefenso y abandonado a mi suerte.
11 He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12 Como si fuera un arquero enemigo, me tomó de blanco para lanzarme sus flechas.
12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 ¡Y claro que me ha clavado sus flechas en todo mi cuerpo!
13 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14 Mi propia gente se burla de mí, no dejan de molestarme con sus burlas y rechiflas en ningún momento.
14 I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15 El Señor ha llenado mi vida de tristeza y vivo amargado y dolorido todo el tiempo.
15 He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16 Me ha hecho moler grava con mis dientes, me ha revolcado en el polvo.
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17 ¡Me has quitado la paz! ¡Ya ni siquiera me preocupo por portarme bien!
17 You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18 Y dije: «Ya no tengo ganas de hacer nada y hasta estoy perdiendo la fe en el Señor».
18 I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
19 ¡Oh, acuérdate de que ando sin saber adonde ir y afligido, con mucho dolor!
19 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20 Porque nunca podré olvidar este tiempo tan terrible, y por eso estoy desanimado.
20 My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21 Pero hay algo que quiero recordar y en ello poner mi esperanza:
21 This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
22 ¡en que el gran amor del Señor no tiene fin, pues sólo ha sido por su misericordia que nos ha guardado de la destrucción completa!
22 It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
23 El Señor es digno de toda confianza; sus muestras de bondad las recibimos cada día.
23 They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
24 El Señor es todo para mí, por lo tanto en él confiaré siempre.
24 “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25 El Señor es maravillosamente bueno con aquellos quienes en él confían, con aquellos que buscan seguir sus instrucciones.
25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 Es bueno esperar en confiado silencio la salvación del Señor.
26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
27 Es bueno ser fiel al Señor desde la juventud.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 Déjenla estar sola y en silencio, cuando el Señor le quiere mostrar algo.
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
29 Que incline su rostro hasta el suelo en señal de humildad, tal vez aún haya esperanza de algún cambio.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30 Que ponga su mejilla a quienes lo hieren, y que soporte sus insultos,
30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31 porque el Señor no la abandonará para siempre.
31 For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Aunque el Señor la aflija, también le mostrará compasión, por la grandeza de su bondad.
32 For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33 ¡Nadie crea que al Señor le agrada afligir al ser humano ni causarle dolor!
33 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34 El pisotear a los prisioneros de su pueblo,
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 el negar al ser humano sus derechos en la presencia de Dios,
35 to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 el no hacer justicia, ¡son cosas que el Señor para nada aprueba!
36 to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
37 ¿Puede acaso suceder algo sin el permiso de Dios?
37 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
38 ¿Acaso no viene de Dios tanto lo bueno como lo malo?
38 Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39 ¿Por qué, pues, nosotros, simples seres humanos, nos quejamos cuando nos castigan por nuestros pecados?
39 Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Examinemos nuestra conducta y volvamos a ser fieles al Señor otra vez.
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
41 Alcemos nuestros corazones y manos al Dios del cielo.
41 Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 ¡Hemos actuado muy mal, hemos sido muy tercos, pero tú no has perdonado!
42 “We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43 Nos has derribado, Señor, en tu gran cólera, y nos has matado, no quisiste perdonarnos.
43 “You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44 Te has cubierto como con una espesa nube para que nuestras oraciones no lleguen hasta ti.
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45 Nos has tratado como si fuéramos basura delante de las naciones.
45 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
46 Todos nuestros enemigos han hablado en contra nuestra.
46 “All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47 Estamos llenos de temor pues estamos atrapados, desolados y destruidos.
47 Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
48 Me la paso llorando al ver la destrucción de mi pueblo.
48 My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Lágrimas fluyen de mis ojos sin descanso, al darme cuenta que no hay escape para mi pueblo.
49 My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
50 ¡Oh, que el Señor mire desde el cielo y responda a mi ruego!
50 until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
51 Estoy lleno de dolor al ver todo lo que les está pasando a las mujeres de Jerusalén.
51 My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mis enemigos, a quienes nunca hice mal, me cazaron como a un ave.
52 They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53 Me metieron en un pozo y lo cubrieron con una roca.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54 El agua me cubría por completo. Pensé: «Este es el fin».
54 Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
55 ¡Entonces yo me dirigí a ti en oración, Señor, desde la profundidad del pozo,
55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
56 y atendiste mi petición! ¡Escuchaste mis oraciones, fuiste sensible a mi llanto!
56 You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57 Sí, tú acudiste ante mi oración desesperada y me dijiste: «No tengas miedo».
57 You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
58 ¡Oh Señor, tú eres mi defensor! ¡Defendiste mi causa, pues tú has librado mi vida de la muerte!
58 Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
59 Tú has visto el mal que me han hecho, Señor, sé mi juez y hazme justicia.
59 Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60 Has visto con que violencia me persiguen mis enemigos.
60 You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
61 Señor, tú has escuchado los insultos y burlas que dirigen contra mí todo el día,
61 You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
62 y cómo me agreden de todas formas; entonan canciones burlescas en mi contra.
62 the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63 Mira cómo se ríen y cantan alegremente contra mí esos refranes malintencionados.
63 You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
64 ¡Oh Señor, dales su merecido por todo el mal que me han hecho!
64 You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
65 ¡Permite que caigan en sus propias maldades, Señor!
65 You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
66 ¡Persíguelos, Señor, en tu enojo y haz que caigan golpeados por la mala suerte!
66 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
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  1. 1 Psalm 88:7; Job 19:21; Psalm 88:15–16; Isaiah 53:3; Psalm 71:20
  2. 2 Job 30:26; Isaiah 59:9; Amos 5:18–20; Jeremiah 4:23; Jude 13
  3. 3 Isaiah 63:10; Lamentations 2:4–7; Deuteronomy 29:20; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 5:25
  4. 4 Psalm 51:8; Isaiah 38:13; Psalm 38:2–8; Jeremiah 50:17; Psalm 31:9–10
  5. 5 Lamentations 3:19; Jeremiah 23:15; Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7–9; Jeremiah 8:14
  6. 6 Psalm 88:5–6; Psalm 143:3; Psalm 143:7
  7. 7 Job 19:8; Job 3:23; Jeremiah 38:6; Psalm 88:8; Jeremiah 40:4
  8. 8 Job 30:20; Psalm 22:2; Job 19:7; Matthew 27:46; Lamentations 3:44
  9. 9 Isaiah 63:17; Hosea 2:6; Isaiah 30:28; Lamentations 3:11
  10. 10 Hosea 6:1; Psalm 10:9; Amos 5:18–20; Job 10:16; Hosea 5:14
  11. 11 Hosea 6:1; Job 16:12–13; Lamentations 1:13; Daniel 7:23; Jeremiah 19:8
  12. 12 Psalm 38:2; Job 7:20; Lamentations 2:4; Job 6:4; Psalm 7:12–13
  13. 13 Job 6:4; Deuteronomy 32:23; Job 41:28
  14. 14 Jeremiah 20:7; Lamentations 3:63; Psalm 22:6–7; Nehemiah 4:2–4; Psalm 123:3–4
  15. 15 Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:19; Ruth 1:20; Jeremiah 25:15–18; Isaiah 51:17–22
  16. 16 Proverbs 20:17; Jeremiah 6:26; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 58:6; Luke 11:11
  17. 17 Isaiah 59:11; Genesis 41:30; Lamentations 1:16; Isaiah 38:17; Jeremiah 8:15
  18. 18 Job 17:15; 1 Samuel 27:1; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 116:11
  19. 19 Lamentations 3:15; Lamentations 3:5; Job 7:7; Psalm 89:50; Psalm 132:1
  20. 20 Psalm 42:5–6; Psalm 42:11; Job 21:6; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 146:8
  21. 21 Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:24–29; Psalm 119:81
  22. 22 Psalm 86:15; Luke 1:50; Nehemiah 9:31; Micah 7:18–19; Malachi 3:6
  23. 23 Hebrews 10:23; Psalm 30:5; Isaiah 33:2; Psalm 36:5; Psalm 89:33
  24. 24 Psalm 73:26; Psalm 16:5; Psalm 142:5; Lamentations 3:21; Psalm 33:18
  25. 25 Micah 7:7–8; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 130:5–6; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 37:34
  26. 26 Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 130:5; Genesis 49:18; Hebrews 10:35
  27. 27 Ecclesiastes 12:1; Matthew 11:29–30; Psalm 119:71; Psalm 94:12; Psalm 90:12
  28. 28 Jeremiah 15:17; Lamentations 2:10; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 102:7
  29. 29 Job 40:4; Luke 15:18–19; Jeremiah 31:17; Luke 18:13; Zephaniah 2:3
  30. 30 Isaiah 50:6; Job 16:10; Matthew 5:39; Matthew 26:67; 2 Corinthians 11:20
  31. 31 Psalm 94:14; Psalm 103:8–10; Psalm 77:7; Isaiah 54:7–10; Isaiah 57:16
  32. 32 Psalm 78:38; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 103:11; Hosea 11:8; Judges 10:16
  33. 33 Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 18:32; Hebrews 12:9–10; Isaiah 28:21
  34. 34 Zechariah 9:11–12; Isaiah 51:22–23; Psalm 102:20; Jeremiah 51:33–36; Psalm 69:33
  35. 36 Isaiah 59:15; Habakkuk 1:13; Jeremiah 22:3; 2 Samuel 11:27
  36. 37 Psalm 33:9–11; Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 46:10; Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 21:30
  37. 38 Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 32:42; Job 2:10; Psalm 75:7
  38. 39 Proverbs 19:3; Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 30:15; Genesis 4:5–7; 2 Kings 3:13
  39. 40 2 Corinthians 13:5; Psalm 139:23–24; Joel 2:12–13; Psalm 4:4; Isaiah 55:7
  40. 41 Psalm 25:1; Psalm 28:2; Psalm 86:4; Psalm 143:6–8; 1 Thessalonians 2:8
  41. 42 Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 5:7–9; Luke 15:18–19; Zechariah 1:5; 2 Kings 24:4
  42. 43 Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 2:17; Lamentations 2:1–2; Lamentations 3:66; Psalm 83:15
  43. 44 Lamentations 3:8; Zechariah 7:13; Psalm 97:2; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 14:11
  44. 45 1 Corinthians 4:13; Lamentations 4:14–15; Deuteronomy 28:44; Deuteronomy 28:37; Lamentations 3:14
  45. 46 Lamentations 2:16; Psalm 22:6–8; Psalm 79:10; Exodus 11:7; Psalm 44:13–14
  46. 47 Isaiah 24:17–18; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 48:43–44; Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 1:13
  47. 48 Jeremiah 9:18; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 9:1; Psalm 119:136; Lamentations 1:16
  48. 49 Jeremiah 14:17; Psalm 77:2; Lamentations 1:16
  49. 50 Isaiah 63:15; Psalm 80:14–16; Lamentations 5:1; Psalm 102:19–20; Lamentations 2:20
  50. 51 Jeremiah 19:9; Luke 19:41–44; 1 Samuel 30:3–4; Lamentations 2:21; Jeremiah 14:16
  51. 52 Psalm 35:19; Psalm 35:7; Jeremiah 38:4–6; Psalm 69:4; John 15:25
  52. 53 Jeremiah 38:6; Daniel 6:17; Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 37:16; Matthew 27:66
  53. 54 Jonah 2:3–5; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 18:4; Psalm 69:1–2; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
  54. 55 Acts 16:24–28; Psalm 40:1–2; 2 Chronicles 33:11–12; Psalm 130:1–2; Jonah 2:2–4
  55. 56 Job 34:28; Isaiah 38:5; Psalm 55:1; Psalm 6:8–9; Psalm 34:6
  56. 57 James 4:8; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 41:14; Revelation 2:10
  57. 58 Psalms 34:22–35:1; Jeremiah 51:36; Psalm 103:4; Jeremiah 50:34; Psalm 71:23
  58. 59 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 9:4; Genesis 31:42; Psalm 26:1; 1 Peter 2:23
  59. 60 Jeremiah 11:19–20; Lamentations 3:59; Psalm 10:14
  60. 61 Lamentations 5:1; Psalm 89:50; Zephaniah 2:8; Psalm 74:18; Lamentations 3:30
  61. 62 Ezekiel 36:3; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:12; Psalm 140:3; Jeremiah 18:18
  62. 63 Psalm 139:2; Lamentations 3:14; Job 30:9
  63. 64 Psalm 28:4; Jeremiah 11:20; Revelation 6:10; 2 Timothy 4:14; Jeremiah 50:29
  64. 65 Isaiah 6:10; Deuteronomy 2:30; 1 Corinthians 16:22; Psalm 109:17–18; Deuteronomy 27:15–26
  65. 66 Psalm 8:3; Psalm 115:16; Lamentations 3:43; Deuteronomy 25:19; Jeremiah 10:11

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  1. Quotes verse 3:53 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    Again another Prophet says, They cut off My life in a dungeon, and cast a stone upon Me.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  2. Quotes verse 3:34 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    To us who are (as Jeremiah saith), "prisoners of the earth," and covered with the denseness of carnal nature, this at all events is known, that as it is impossible for a man to step over his own shadow, however fast he may move (for the shadow will always move on as fast as it is being overtaken) or, as …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)