Passage
He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
Lamentations 3:2 (LSB)
Nearby Context
Lamentations 3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
Lamentations 3:2 He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
Lamentations 3:3 Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
Lamentations 3:4 He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has broken my bones.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "light", "darkness", "driven", and "walk". It is saying that the contrast between light and darkness marks a real divide in how people respond to God's work.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "I am the man who has seen..." into verse 3's "Surely against me He has turned His...", so "light" and "darkness" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "darkness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.