Even (A)when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.

10 (B)He has been to me a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in [a]ambush.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:10 Lit. secret places

Even when I call out or cry for help,(A)
    he shuts out my prayer.(B)
He has barred(C) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.(D)

10 Like a bear lying in wait,
    like a lion(E) in hiding,(F)

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