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Lamentations 3:7 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verse 7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.Lamentations 3:7 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:7 in context
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hedgedgâdarto wall in or aroundH1443 →
- chainnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metalH5178 →
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The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20