Ekhah 3:8-10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁸Also when I cry and call out, He shutteth out my tefillah.

⁹He hath barred my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.

¹⁰He was unto me like a dov (bear) lying in wait, and like an aryeh in mistarim (hiding places).

Lamentations 3:8-10

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⁸Even when I call out or cry for help,^(A)
he shuts out my prayer.^(B)
⁹He has barred^(C) my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.^(D)

¹⁰Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion^(E) in hiding,^(F)

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