Ratapan 3:11

3:11 He has obstructed my paths ¹  and torn me to pieces; ² 

he has made me desolate.

Ratapan 3:43

ס (Samek)

3:43 You shrouded yourself ³  with anger and then pursued us;

you killed without mercy.

[3:11]  ¹ tn Or “he made my paths deviate.”

[3:11]  ² tn “Since the Heb. וַיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי (vaypashÿkheni) occurs only here, and the translation relies on the Syriac and the Targum, it is not certain that the image of God as a predatory animal continues into this verse especially since [the beginning of the verse] is also of uncertain meaning” (D. R. Hillers, Lamentations [AB], 54).

[3:43]  ³ tn Heb “covered.” The object must be supplied either from the next line (“covered yourself”) or from the end of this line (“covered us”).