11. I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I will no longer behold man, nor the habitation of rest.
12. My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd. My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.
13. I hoped, even until morning. Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones. From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.
14. I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.
15. What can I say, or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this? I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.