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Lamentations 3:9 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verse 9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.Lamentations 3:9 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:9 in context
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.
10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inclosedgâdarto wall in or aroundH1443 →
- stonegâzîythsomething cutH1496 →
- pathsnâthîyba trackH5410 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
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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