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Lamentations 3:4-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

4. He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;

5. he has besieged and enveloped mewith bitterness and tribulation;

6. he has made me dwell in darknesslike the dead of long ago.

7. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;he has made my chains heavy;

8. though I call and cry for help,he shuts out my prayer;

9. he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;he has made my paths crooked.

10. He is a bear lying in wait for me,a lion in hiding;

11. he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;

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