7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy;
7 He shuts me in so I'll never get out, manacles my hands, shackles my feet.
7 He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
7 He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:7
Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20
(Read Lamentations 3:1-20)
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord.