Lamentations 3:8-12 English Revised Version (ERV)

8. Yea, when I cry and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

9. He hath fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

10. He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

11. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

12. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

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