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Lamentations 3:7-9
Contemporary English Version

7 God built a fence around me
that I cannot climb over,
    and he chained me down.
8 Even when I shouted
and prayed for help,
    he refused to listen.
9 God put big rocks in my way
and made me follow
    a crooked path.

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Lamentations 3:7-9
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7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(A)
    he has weighed me down with chains.(B)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,(C)
    he shuts out my prayer.(D)
9 He has barred(E) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.(F)

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