11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.
11 he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
11 He knocked me from the path and ripped me to pieces. When he finished, there was nothing left of me.
11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.
11 He has dragged me off the path and torn me in pieces, leaving me helpless and devastated.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:11
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.