Lamentations 3 "I am a man who knows affliction. One whom he has led and forced to walk in darkness, not in light.He has beset me round about with poverty and weariness. He pierces my sides with shafts from his quiver. I have become a laughingstock for all nations, their taunt all the day long. He has sated me with bitter food, made me drink my fill of wormwood.You heard me call, let not your ear be deaf to my cry for help.You came to my aid when I called to you, you said, 'Have no fear.!'"