Lamentations 3:4
Verse 4 of 66. The 3rd of 5 chapters in Lamentations, in The Major Prophets.
1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.