Lamentations 3:6-10 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

6. He has made me live in darkness like those who are dead and gone.

7. He has built walls around me. I can't escape. He has put heavy chains on me.

8. I call out and cry for help. But he won't listen to me when I pray.

9. He has put up a stone wall to block my way. He has made my paths crooked.

10. He has been like a bear waiting to attack me. He has been like a lion hiding in the bushes.

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