Lamentations 3:5
He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
In Context
4My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
6He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.GIMEL
Cross References
Psalms 69:21They also gave me gall for my food.In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Jeremiah 9:15therefore thus says 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 has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains 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 →