2. he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
3. surely against me he turns his handagain and again the whole day long.
4. He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
5. he has besieged and enveloped mewith bitterness and tribulation;
6. he has made me dwell in darknesslike the dead of long ago.
7. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;he has made my chains heavy;
8. though I call and cry for help,he shuts out my prayer;
9. he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;he has made my paths crooked.