1. I am the strong man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
2. He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not light.
3. Surely, He has turned His hand against me again and again all day long.
4. He made my flesh and my skin waste away, broken my bones.
5. He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6. He made me dwell in dark places like those long dead.
7. He has walled me in so I cannot get out. He made my chain heavy.
8. Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9. He walled in my ways with hewn stone. He twisted my paths.
10. He is a lurking bear to me, a lion in hiding.
11. He turned aside my paths and tore me to pieces. He has made me desolate.
12. He bent His bow and made me the target for His arrow.
13. He shot into my kidneys arrows from His quiver.
14. I have become a laughing stock to all my people, their song all day long.