15. Terrors are turned loose against me;they chase my dignity away like the wind,and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
16. Now my life is poured out before my eyes,and days of suffering have seized me.
17. Night pierces my bones,but my gnawing pains never rest.
18. My clothing is distorted with great force;He chokes me by the neck of my garment.
19. He throws me into the mud,and I have become like dust and ashes.
20. I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
21. You have turned against me with cruelty;You harass me with Your strong hand.
22. You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;You scatter me in the storm.
23. Yes, I know that You will lead me to death —the place appointed for all who live.
24. Yet no one would stretch out his handagainst a ruined man when he cries out to him for helpbecause of his distress.