Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)

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He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(B)

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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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23 Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,(A)
    whom God has hedged in?(B)

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43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A)

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14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.(A) 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

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