He hath hedged about me, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chains heavy.

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my [a]prayer.

He hath [b]stopped up my ways with hewn stone, and turned away my paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:8 This is a great tentation to the godly when they see not the fruit of their prayers, and causeth them to think that they are not heard, which thing God useth to do, that they might pray more earnestly and the oftener.
  2. Lamentations 3:9 And keepeth me in hold as a prisoner.

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

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