¹² For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

¹² If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

¹³ He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery `shafts'.

⁴⁰ Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

¹² He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

⁷ But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

⁹ Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

¹⁰ Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

¹⁴ And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

³ When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

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.

²⁰ If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?