I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you?
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield;
For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause;
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes.”
God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.