1. I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2. He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3. Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all day long.
4. He has made my flesh and my skin old; he has broken my bones.
5. He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.
6. He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7. He has walled me about, that I can’t go out; he has made my chain heavy.
8. Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9. He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
10. He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
11. He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.