^{2 Ref} He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

^{3 Ref} Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.

^{4 Ref} My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.

^{5 Ref} He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

^{6 Ref} He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

^{7 Ref} He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

^{8 Ref} Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

^{9 Ref} He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.

^{10 Ref} He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

^{11 Ref} He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

^{12 Ref} He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

^{13 Ref} He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

^{14 Ref} I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

^{15 Ref} He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.

^{16 Ref} He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.

^{17 Ref} You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.

^{18 Ref} I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.