Bible in Basic English
"He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow."
— Lamentations 3:5, Bible in Basic English
“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”
By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.