Lamentations 3:1-13 ▼

1 I am the man who has seen misery Because of the rod of His wrath.

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

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

4 He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken 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 has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.

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

9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has twisted my paths.

10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

11 He has made my ways deviate, and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

12 He bent His bow And took aim at me as a target for the arrow.

13 He made the arrows of His quiver Enter my inward parts.