4. God caused my skin and fleshto waste away,and he crushed my bones.
5. He attacked and surrounded mewith hardships and trouble;
6. he forced me to sit in the darklike someone long dead.
7. God built a fence around methat I cannot climb over,and he chained me down.
8. Even when I shoutedand prayed for help,he refused to listen.
9. God put big rocks in my wayand made me followa crooked path.
10. God was like a bear or a lionwaiting in ambush for me;
11. he dragged me from the road,then tore me to shreds.
12. God took careful aimand shot his arrows
13. straight through my heart.
14. I am a joke to everyone—no one ever stopsmaking fun of me.
15. God has turned my life sour.
16. He made me eat graveland rubbed me in the earth.
17. I cannot find peaceor remember happiness.
18. I tell myself, “I am finished!I can't count on the Lordto do anything for me.”