For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pierced in my kidneys.
Thus my heart was grieved, And I was pricked in my reins.
For my heart was grieved, embittered, and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder].
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
When my heart was bitter, when I was all cut up inside,
Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name.
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
His archers surround me, He splits my kidneys in two and does not spare, He pours out my bile on the ground.
Aleph Do not fret because of evil-doers, Do not be envious of the workers of unrighteousness.
Dalet Rest in יהוה, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man doing wicked devices.
For I was envious of the boasters, When I saw the peace of the wrong-doers.
He made the arrows of His quiver pierce my kidneys.