Lamentations 3:1-9

1 I am the man that sees poverty,

Through the rod of his wrath upon me.

2 He has taken me, and led me away into darkness,

And not into light.

3 Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.

4 He has made old my flesh and my skin;

He has broken my bones.

5 He has built against me, and compassed my head,

And brought travail upon me.

6 He has set me in dark places,

As them that have long been dead.

7 He has built against me, and I cannot come forth:

He has made my brazen chain heavy.

8 Yea, though I cry and shout,

He shuts out my prayer.

9 He has built up my ways,

He has hedged my paths;