^{2 Ref} By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

^{3 Ref} Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

^{4 Ref} My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

^{5 Ref} He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

^{6 Ref} He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

^{7 Ref} He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.

^{8 Ref} Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.

^{9 Ref} He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

^{10 Ref} He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

^{11 Ref} By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

^{12 Ref} With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

^{13 Ref} He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

^{14 Ref} I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.

^{15 Ref} He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.

^{16 Ref} By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.

^{17 Ref} My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

^{18 Ref} And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.