TRV
Lamentations 3:1-15
1
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
2
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15
He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
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