9. he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;he has made my paths crooked.
10. He is a bear lying in wait for me,a lion in hiding;
11. he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
12. he bent his bow and set meas a target for his arrow.
13. He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver;
14. I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
15. He has filled me with bitterness;he has sated me with wormwood.
16. He has made my teeth grind on gravel,and made me cower in ashes;
17. my soul is bereft of peace;I have forgotten what happiness is;
18. so I say, “My endurance has perished;so has my hope from the Lord.”