“Second, a subtraction of consolation is viewed. "He has driven and brought me into darkness without any light." Since, after blows, no consolation is offered in the accustomed manner. Thus, Job 3:23 asks: "Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?"”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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1I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
— Lamentations 3:2 —
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.