Lamentations 3 (Greek, Swete) — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Lamentations 3; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)

Attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)

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The text

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ref	L0 witness
3:1	Ἅλεφ. Ἐγὼ ἀνήρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν, ἐν ῥάβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμέ
3:2	παρέλαβέν με καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς.
3:3	πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν,
3:4	ἐπαλαίωσεν σάρκα μου καὶ δέρμα μου, ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν.
3:5	Βή. ʼΑνκοδόμησεν κατʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν κεφαλὴν μου καὶ ἐμόχθησεν,
3:6	ἐυ σκοτινοῖς ἐκάθισέν με ὠς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος,
3:7	ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι, ἐβάρυνεν χαλκόν μου.
3:8	Γμελ. Καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξεν προσευχήν μου.
3:9	Δάλεθ. ’Ανῳκοδόμησεν ὁⁱούς μου, ἐνέφραξεν τρίβους μου, ἐτάραξεν
3:10	ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα, αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις·
3:11	κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέν με, ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην.
3:12	Ἥ Ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέν με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος,
3:13	εἰσήγαγεν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ·
3:14	ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου, ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
3:15	Οὐαύ. ’Ἐχόρτασέν με πικρίας, ἐμέθυσέν με χολῆς,
3:16	καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου, ἐψώμισέν με σποδόν·
3:17	καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχὴν μου, ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθά,
3:18	καὶ ἀπώλετο νῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου.
3:19	Zάι. ʼΚἘμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου καὶ ἐκ διωγμοῦ,
3:20	πικρία καὶ χολὴ μου μνησθήσεται, καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου·
3:21	ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου, διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ.
3:25	Ἥθ. Ἀγαθὸς Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν, ψυχῇ ἡ ζητήσει αὐτὸν ἀγαθόν·
3:26	καὶ ὑπομενεῖ καὶ ἡσυχάσει εἰς τὸ σωτήριον Κυρίου.
3:27	Tήθ. Ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρὶ ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ,
3:28	καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι ἤρεν ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ.
3:30	Ἰώδ. Δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα, χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν,
3:31	ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπώσεται Κύριος.
3:32	Xάφ. Ὅτι ὁ ταπεινώσας οἰκτειρήσει καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ·
3:33	οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν υἱοὺς ἀνδρός.
3:34	Λαβδ. Γοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς,
3:35	τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν ἀνδρὸς κατέναντι προσώπου Γψίστου,
3:36	καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτόν, Κύριος οὐκ εἶπεν.
3:37	τίς οὕτως εἶπεν, καὶ ἐγενήθη; Κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο·
3:38	ἐκ στόματος Ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν.
3:39	Μήμ. Τί γογγύσῃ ἄνθρωπος ζῶν ἀνὴρ περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ;
3:40	Nούν. Ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἕως Κυρίου·
3:41	ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς Γψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ·
3:42	ἡμαρτήσαμεν, ἠσεβήσαμεν, καὶ οὐχ ἱλάσθης.
3:43	Σάμχ. Ἐπεσκέπασας ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ἀπεδίωξας ἡμᾶς, ἀπέκτεινας, οὐκ ἐφείσω.
3:44	ἐπεσκέπασας νεφέλην σεαυτῷ εἰνεκεν προσευχῆς,
3:45	καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπαωσθῆναι.
3:46	Ἄιν. Ἕθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν, ⁴⁶ διήνοιξαν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν.
3:47	φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν, ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή·
3:48	ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου.
3:49	Φή. Ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη, καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἰνιι ἕκνηψιν,
3:50	ἔως οὗ διακύψῃ καὶ ἴδῃ Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
3:51	ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεαως.
3:52	Τιαδή. ηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεάν,
3:53	ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπʼ ἐμοί.
3:54	ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν μου· εἶπα Ἀπῶσμαι.
3:55	Κὼφ. Ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου,
3:56	φωνήν μου ἤκουσας μὴ κρύψῃς τὰ ὥτά σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου·
3:57	εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου ἤγγισας, ἐν ῇ σε ἡμέρᾳ ἐπεκαλεσάμην εἶπάς μοι Μὴ φοβοῦ.
3:58	'Ρήχς. Ἐδίκασας, Κύριε, τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου, ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου.
3:59	ἴδες, Κύριε, τὰς ταραχάς μου, ἔκρινας τὴν κρίσιν μου.
3:60	τἶδες πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν, εἰς πάντας διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐμοί.
3:61	Xσέν. Ἥκουσας τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν, πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν κατʼ ἐμοῦ,
3:62	χείλη ἐπανισταμένων μοι καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατʼ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
3:63	καθέδραν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνάκτησιν αὐτῶν. ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν,
3:64	Κποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα, Κύριε, κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.
3:65	Θαύ. Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμόν, καρδίας μόχθον.
3:66	σὺ αὐτοὺς καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Κύριε.

Provenance

title: Lamentations 3 (Greek, Swete)
dialect: greek
source: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Lamentations 3; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)
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attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
file: Bible/Old Testament/Lamentations/03.greek.swete.L0.txt

Cite as:

Lamentations 3 (Greek, Swete). Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Lamentations 3; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md). Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/lamentations/03.greek.swete/. Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

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L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
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