Lamentations 3:6

He hath set me in dark places,.... In the dark house of the prison, as the Targum; in the dark dungeon where the prophet was put; or the captivity in which the Jews were, and which was like the dark…

Or, “He hath” made me to dwell “in darkness,” i. e. in Sheol or Hades, “as those” forever “dead.”

The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly…

Identical with the last part of Psa 143:3. See intr. note.

dark places in the gloom of Sheol.

long dead or, for ever dead, permanently forgotten, never able to return into the light of God's favour.