The arrows(A) of the Almighty(B) are in me,(C)
    my spirit drinks(D) in their poison;(E)
    God’s terrors(F) are marshaled against me.(G)

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(A)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
(B)The terrors of God are arrayed (C)against me.

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13     his archers surround me.(A)
Without pity, he pierces(B) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.

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13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [a]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

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  1. Job 16:13 Lit. kidneys

then know that God has wronged me(A)
    and drawn his net(B) around me.(C)

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Know then that (A)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.

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He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(B)

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(A)He has [a]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.

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  1. Job 19:8 walled off my way

12 His troops advance in force;(A)
    they build a siege ramp(B) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(C)

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12 His troops come together
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.

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You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)

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(A)You have [a]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
(B)I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

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  1. Psalm 88:8 taken away my friends

Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(A)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;(B)
he has poured out his wrath(C) like fire(D)
    on the tent(E) of Daughter Zion.

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(A)Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain (B)all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.

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He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(A)
    he has weighed me down with chains.(B)

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(A)He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;
He has made my chain heavy.

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Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)

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“Therefore, behold,
(A)I will hedge up your way with thorns,
And [a]wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.

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  1. Hosea 2:6 Lit. wall up her wall