Lamentations 3:1-13 ▼

1 I am the man who has seen affliction by 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 Time and time again throughout the day.

4 He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.

5 He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

6 He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.

7 He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

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

9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

10 He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

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 up as a target for the arrow.

13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.