He has (A)besieged and encompassed me with (B)bitterness and hardship.
In (C)dark places He has made me dwell,
Like those who have long been dead.
He has (D)walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my [a](E)chain heavy.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece

He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness(A) and hardship.(B)
He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead.(C)

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

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