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I am the gever that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

He hath driven me away, and brought me into choshech, but not into ohr.

Surely against me is He turned; He turneth His yad against me kol hayom.

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

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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.