New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Lamentations 3
1 I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
2 He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
3 Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
4 He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.
6 In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.
7 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.
8 Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.
11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.
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