Lamentations 3 (NKJV)

¹ I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. ² In darkness and not in light. ³ Time and time again throughout the day. ⁴ And broken my bones. ⁵ And surrounded me with bitterness and woe. ⁶ Like the dead of long ago. ⁷ He has made my chain heavy. ⁸ He shuts out my prayer. ⁹ He has made my paths crooked. ¹⁰ Like a lion in ambush. ¹¹ He has made me desolate. ¹² And set me up as a target for the arrow. ¹³ To pierce my loins. ¹⁴ Their taunting song all the day. ¹⁵ He has made me drink wormwood. ¹⁶ And covered me with ashes. ¹⁷ I have forgotten prosperity. ¹⁸ Have perished from the Lord.” ¹⁹ The wormwood and the gall. ²⁰ And sinks within me. ²¹ Therefore I have hope. ²² Because His compassions fail not. ²³ Great is Your faithfulness. ²⁴ “Therefore I hope in Him!” ²⁵ To the soul who seeks Him. ²⁶ For the salvation of the Lord. ²⁷ The yoke in his youth. ²⁸ Because God has laid it on him; ²⁹ There may yet be hope. ³⁰ And be full of reproach. ³¹ For the Lord will not cast off forever. ³² According to the multitude of His mercies. ³³ Nor grieve the children of men. ³⁴ All the prisoners of the earth, ³⁵ Before the face of the Most High, ³⁶ The Lord does not approve. ³⁷ When the Lord has not commanded it? ³⁸ That woe and well-being proceed? ³⁹ A man for the punishment of his sins? ⁴⁰ And turn back to the Lord; ⁴¹ To God in heaven. ⁴² You have not pardoned. ⁴³ You have slain and not pitied. ⁴⁴ That prayer should not pass through. ⁴⁵ In the midst of the peoples. ⁴⁶ Have opened their mouths against us. ⁴⁷ Desolation and destruction. ⁴⁸ For the destruction of the daughter of my people. ⁴⁹ Without interruption, ⁵⁰ Looks down and sees. ⁵¹ Because of all the daughters of my city. ⁵² Hunted me down like a bird. ⁵³ And threw stones at me. ⁵⁴ I said, “I am cut off!” ⁵⁵ From the lowest pit. ⁵⁶ From my sighing, from my cry for help.” ⁵⁷ And said, “Do not fear!” ⁵⁸ You have redeemed my life. ⁵⁹ Judge my case. ⁶⁰ All their schemes against me. ⁶¹ All their schemes against me, ⁶² And their whispering against me all the day. ⁶³ I am their taunting song. ⁶⁴ According to the work of their hands. ⁶⁵ Your curse be upon them! ⁶⁶ From under the heavens of the Lord.