Lamentations 3:1-18

New Century Version

⁴ He wore out my flesh and skin
    and broke my bones.
⁵ He surrounded me with sadness
    and attacked me with grief.
⁶ He made me sit in the dark,
    like those who have been dead a long time.

⁷ He shut me in so I could not get out;
    he put heavy chains on me.
⁸ I cry out and beg for help,
    but he ignores my prayer.
⁹ He blocked my way with a stone wall
    and led me in the wrong direction.

¹⁰ He is like a bear ready to attack me,
    like a lion in hiding.
¹¹ He led me the wrong way and let me stray
    and left me without help.
¹² He prepared to shoot his bow
    and made me the target for his arrows.

¹³ He shot me in the kidneys
    with the arrows from his bag.
¹⁴ I was a joke to all my people,
    who make fun of me with songs all day long.
¹⁵ The Lord filled me with misery;
    he made me drunk with suffering.

¹⁶ He broke my teeth with gravel
    and trampled me into the dirt.
¹⁷ I have no more peace.
    I have forgotten what happiness is.
¹⁸ I said, “My strength is gone,
    and I have no hope in the Lord.”