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I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
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He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
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Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.
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He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
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He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.
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He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.
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He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
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Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
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He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
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He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.
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He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.
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He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.
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He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.