Parallel Bible results for "Lamentations 3:7-17"

Lamentations 3:7-17

New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA

7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me;

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

9 he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.

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

11 he led me off my way and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;

12 he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.

13 He shot into my vitals the arrows of his quiver;

14 I have become the laughingstock of all my people, the object of their taunt-songs all day long.

15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.

16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;

17 my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;

New International Version NIV

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.

8 Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.

9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.

10 Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,

11 he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.

12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

13 He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.

14 I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

15 He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.

17 I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.