The arrows(A) of the Almighty(B) are in me,(C)
    my spirit drinks(D) in their poison;(E)
    God’s terrors(F) are marshaled against me.(G)

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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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13     his archers surround me.(A)
Without pity, he pierces(B) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.

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13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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then know that God has wronged me(A)
    and drawn his net(B) around me.(C)

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Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

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He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(B)

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He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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12 His troops advance in force;(A)
    they build a siege ramp(B) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(C)

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12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

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You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)

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Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

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Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(A)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;(B)
he has poured out his wrath(C) like fire(D)
    on the tent(E) of Daughter Zion.

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He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

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He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(A)
    he has weighed me down with chains.(B)

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He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

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Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)

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Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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