Lamentations 3:5 (YLT)

Passage

He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.

Lamentations 3:4 He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:5 He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

Lamentations 3:6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

Lamentations 3:7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "built", "against", "setteth", "round", "poverty", and "weariness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "built", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "He hath worn out my flesh and..." into verse 6's "In dark places He hath caused me...", so "hath" and "built" 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 "hath" and "built" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.