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Lamentations - ch 3 v 1 - 20
- I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
- By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
- Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
- My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
- He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
- He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
- He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
- Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
- He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
- He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
- By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
- With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
- He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
- I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
- He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
- By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
- My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
- And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
- Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
- My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
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