Lamentations 3:1-13 ▼

1 I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.

2 He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

3 Surely He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.

4 He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.

5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He has made me live in dark places Like those who have long been dead.

7 He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain.

8 Even when I cry out and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer.

9 He has blocked 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 torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.

12 He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver To enter my inner parts.