Lamentations 3:1–14 · BSB
3:1
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
3:2
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
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3:3
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
3:4
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
3:5
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
3:6
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
3:7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
3:8
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
3:9
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
3:10
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
3:11
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
3:12
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
3:13
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
3:14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
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