13. I, who once was wealthy, am now crushed. He has grabbed me by my neck; he has broken me and has place me before him as a sign.
14. He has surrounded me with his lances. He has severely wounded my lower back, he has not been lenient, and he has poured out my organs upon the earth.
15. He has cut me with wound after wound. He has rushed upon me like a giant.
16. I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have covered my body with ashes.
17. My face is swollen from weeping, and my eyelids have dimmed my vision.
18. These things I have endured without iniquity in my hand, while I held pure prayers before God.
19. O earth, do not conceal my blood, nor let my outcry find a hiding place in you.
20. For behold, my witness is in heaven, and my confidante is on high.
21. My friends are full of words; my eye rains tears upon God.
22. And I wish that a man might be so judged before God, just as the son of man is judged with his assistant!
23. For behold, a few years pass by, and I am walking a path by which I will not return.