Catholic Public Domain Version
"GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer. "
— Lamentations 3:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.”
“Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. ”
“Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.”
“Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.”
“Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.”
“Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.”
“Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.”
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.
DALETH. He has subverted my paths, and he has broken me. He has placed me in desolation.