Lamentations 3:5
King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Lamentations 3:5 in context
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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Grief that still hopes — mourning a ruined city, and mercy new every morning.
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