Lamentations 3:8 (YLT)

Passage

Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.

Lamentations 3:10 A bear lying in wait He <FI>is<Fi> to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "call", "hath", "shut", and "prayer". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "call" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "He hath hedged me about and I..." into verse 9's "He hath hedged my ways with hewn...", so "call" and "hath" 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 "call" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.