14. They go forward as if through a hole in the wall.They roll in among the ruins.
15. Great fears overwhelm me.They blow my honor away as if by a great wind.My safety disappears like a cloud.
16. “Now my life is almost over.My days are full of suffering.
17. At night my bones ache.Gnawing pains never stop.
18. In his great power God grabs hold of my clothing.He chokes me with the collar of my coat.
19. He throws me into the mud.And I become like dirt and ashes.
20. “I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer.I stand up, but you just look at me.
21. You turn on me without mercy.You attack me with your powerful hand.
22. You snatch me up and throw me into the wind.You toss me about in the storm.
23. I know you will bring me down to death.You will bring me to the place where all living people must go.
24. “Surely no one would hurt a ruined manwhen he cries for help in his time of trouble.