^{7 Ref} But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

^{8 Ref} It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

^{9 Ref} I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

^{10 Ref} Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

^{11 Ref} God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

^{12 Ref} I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

^{13 Ref} His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

^{14 Ref} I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

^{15 Ref} I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

^{16 Ref} My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;

^{17 Ref} Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.