Lamentations 3:7-9

Young's Literal Translation

⁷He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

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

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

Lamentations 3:7-9

New International Version

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

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