1:14a My transgressions are bound into a yoke,

⌊He/God⌋ made a rope of my sins and bound it around my neck.
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He has caused our sins to seem like something very heavy that lies on our necks. (Easy English Bible)

1:14b knit together by His hand;

He/God himself bound/wove my sins together
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⌊It feels as if God⌋ remembered all our sins, and as if he bound them together with his hands.

1:14c they are draped over my neck,

and tied them around my neck.
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Then he placed them on us.

1:14d and the Lord has broken my strength.

So, the Lord/Master made us weak.
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That is how the Lord caused us to lose our strength/energy.

1:14e He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

He has allowed our enemies to capture us. We were not able to resist them.
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He let them win against us. So we cannot beat them. (Easy English Bible)

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