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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3, Verse 6

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He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.
King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.
American Standard Version
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
New English Translation
He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
World English Bible
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
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He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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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.