BSB(i)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”