Lamentations 3:1-13 ▼

1 [ALEPH-BET] I [am] the man [who] has seen affliction || By the rod of His wrath.

2 He has led me, and causes to go [in] darkness, and without light.

3 Surely against me He turns back, || He turns His hand all the day.

4 He has worn out my flesh and my skin. He has broken my bones.

5 He has built up against me, || And sets around poverty and weariness.

6 In dark places He has caused me to dwell, || As the dead of old.

7 He has hedged me in, and I do not go out, || He has made heavy my chain.

8 Also when I call and cry out, || He has shut out my prayer.

9 He has hedged my ways with hewn work, || My paths He has made crooked.

10 A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, || A lion in secret hiding places.

11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulls me in pieces, || He has made me a desolation.

12 He has bent His bow, || And sets me up as a mark for an arrow.

13 He has caused to enter into my reins || The sons of His quiver.