Lamentations 3:1-13

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

2Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

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

4My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

5He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

6He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

8Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

10He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.