Lamentations 3:1-9
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1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
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5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
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6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.