New American Bible, Revised Edition

Lamentations 3:4-10 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

4. He has worn away my flesh and my skin,he has broken my bones;

5. He has besieged me all aroundwith poverty and hardship;

6. He has left me to dwell in dark placeslike those long dead.

7. He has hemmed me in with no escape,weighed me down with chains;

8. Even when I cry for help,he stops my prayer;

9. He has hemmed in my ways with fitted stones,and made my paths crooked.

10. He has been a bear lying in wait for me,a lion in hiding!