Lamentations 3:1-9   New International Version    

3 [a]I am the man who has seen affliction     by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and made me walk     in darkness rather than light; 3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me     again and again, all day long.

4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old     and has broken my bones. 5 He has besieged me and surrounded me     with bitterness and hardship. 6 He has made me dwell in darkness     like those long dead.

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape;     he has weighed me down with chains. 8 Even when I call out or cry for help,     he shuts out my prayer. 9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone;     he has made my paths crooked.