Lamentations 3:1–9
1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.↗
2He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.↗
3Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.↗
4He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.↗
5He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.↗
6He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.↗
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.↗
8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.↗
9He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.↗
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