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Lamentations 3:1-6
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Great Is Your Faithfulness

3 (A)I am the man who has seen affliction
    under the (B)rod of his wrath;
2 he has driven and brought me
    (C)into darkness without any light;
3 surely against me he turns his hand
    again and again the whole day long.

4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
    (D)he has broken my bones;
5 (E)he has besieged and enveloped me
    with (F)bitterness and tribulation;
6 (G)he has made me dwell in darkness
    like the dead of long ago.

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Lamentations 3:1-6
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3 [a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness(C) rather than light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me(D)
    again and again, all day long.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.
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