Charles Spurgeon Commentary Lamentations 3:2

"He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light." — Lamentations 3:2 (ASV)

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

A Hebrew method of saying that it was a thick darkness without any light, either starlight or moonlight. You who have passed through this state of conviction know what it means—no comfort from ordinances, no comfort from God's Word, no comfort from your daily mercies. Every stream of comfort seems dried up to you, and sin lies heavily upon you.