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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3, Verse 12

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He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
American Standard Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
New English Translation
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
World English Bible
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14
I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
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He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
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Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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[It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.