Lamentations 3:1-9 ▼

1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

3 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.

4 My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.

5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.

7 He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy.

8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.