Catholic Public Domain Version
"GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement. "
— Lamentations 3:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.”
“He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. ”
“He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.”
“ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.”
“Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.”
“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.”
“He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.”
BETH. My skin and my flesh, he has made old; he has crushed my bones.
BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship.
BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead.
GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer.
GHIMEL. He has enclosed my ways with square stones; he has subverted my paths.
DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.