Lamentations 3:1-9 ▼

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.