NSB(i)
14 I have become the laughingstock of all the peoples. I am their mocking song all the day.
15 He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure.
16 He broke my teeth with crushed stones. I am bent low in the dust.
17 Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is.
18 I said: »My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah.«
2 By him I have been made to go in the dark and not in the light.
3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all day long.
4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
5 He built a wall against me, shutting me in with hardship and bitter sorrow.
6 He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time.
7 He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me.
8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways.
10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
11 He has turned me on one side. I have been pulled to bits and lay desolate.
12 With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows.
13 He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.