Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
In Context
4My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21(69-22) Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Jeremiah 9:15(9-14) Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →