"He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
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They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath built against me, and compassed me with gall and labor.
He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.