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A Ray of Hope in the Midst of Anguish[a]

I am the man who has experienced affliction under the rod of his fury.

He drove me off and brought me into darkness instead of light.
See how he turns against me. He turns his hand against me all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an alphabetic acrostic. The 66 verses in the chapter form 22 groups, with three verses in each group. All three lines of each group of verses begin with one of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in alphabetic order. This chapter is the high point of the acrostic structure of Lamentations and includes most of the lines of bright hope contained in the five poems that make up the composition.