Lamentations 3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction. A song to count the tears of the prophet Jeremiah
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Story behind the song
Inspired by Lamentations chapter 3
Lyrics
THE PROPHETS LAMENT
I am the man who knows affliction
Struck down by the rod of Gods wrath
Call me unlucky, a child of misfortune
In darkness I’m doomed to walk
Repeatedly He turns his hand
And strikes with heavy blows
My skin and flesh just waste away
He has broken all my bones
I’m like a city He has besieged
Encircled with bitterness
He’s locked me up, I can’t escape
He ignores my cry of distress
Is it good for a man to sit
Alone and chew on dust?
How long will You reject outright
The man whom You have crushed?
New every morning is God’s faithfulness
With every sunrise his mercy goes forth
The lord’s love will never cease
His compassion never fails
The Lord will shed abroad His light
Where darkness still prevails
Yet in the depths of my despair
I will never give up on hope
For I recall when the sun still shone
In the land of honey and milk
I cried out loud in my distress
My plea reached to his ears
The Lord has listened to my prayer
His has vanquished all my fears
New every morning is God’s faithfulness
With every sunrise his mercy goes forth
The lord’s love will never cease
His compassion never fails
The Lord will shed abroad His light
Where darkness still prevails