¹⁷ Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

²¹ I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

⁸ And thou hast laid fast hold on me, `which' is a witness `against me': And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

¹¹ God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

¹² I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

¹³ His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

¹⁴ He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

¹⁵ I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

¹⁶ My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

⁶ Know now that God hath subverted me `in my cause', And hath compassed me with his net.

⁷ Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

⁸ He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

⁹ He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

¹⁰ He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

¹¹ He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as `one of' his adversaries.

¹⁹ God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah `The men' who have no changes, And who fear not God.

¹¹ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.

¹² And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.