Lamentations 3:1
ALEPH. I am a man watching my own poverty by the rod of his indignation.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
In Context
2ALEPH. He has driven me and led me into darkness, and not into light.
Cross References
Psalms 71:20The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.
Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
Isaiah 53:3He is despised and the least among men, a man of sorrows who knows infirmity. And his countenance was hidden and despised. Because of this, we did not esteem him.
Jeremiah 15:17I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
Jeremiah 20:18Why did I depart from the womb, so that I would see hardship and sorrow, and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?”
Lamentations 1:12LAMED. O all you who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. For he has made me a vintage, just as the Lord has spoken in the day of his furious anger.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:1
The scope of this chapter is the same with that of the two foregoing chapters, but the composition is somewhat different; that was in long verse, this is in short, another kind of metre; that was in single alphabets, this is in a treble one. Here is, I. A sad complaint of God's displeasure and the fruits of it, ver. 1-20 . II. Words of comfort to God's people when they are in trouble and distress, ver. 21-36 . III. Duty prescribed in this afflicted state, ver. 37-41 . IV. The complaint renewed, ver. 42-54 . V.… Read the whole commentary →