Gimel
“Yahweh has walled me about
So that I cannot escape.
He has put heavy chains
On me.
Although I call,
Although I cry for help,
He shuts out
My prayer.
He has blocked
My ways
With hewn stones.
He has made
My paths crooked.”
This author feels walled in. He cannot escape, because he has heavy chains on him. When he calls for help, no one listens to him. Yahweh has blocked his way with carved stone walls. He can no longer walk a straight path, since all his paths are crooked, like a maze. These three verses start with the Hebrew consonant letter Gimel in this acrostic poem.
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