I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause—the verse returns to the individual experience of persecution: the speaker is hunted relentlessly, like a bird pursued by hunters. The phrase "without cause" suggests that the persecution is unprovoked, unjust; the speaker has done nothing to deserve it. Theologically, the verse suggests innocent suffering; the speaker is being hunted not for just cause but from malice. The bird metaphor suggests helplessness and flight; the speaker is being pursued with no possibility of resistance. The verse returns to the individual after the communal focus, suggesting that personal suffering and communal suffering are intertwined.

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