I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.
He runs at him, with a stiff neck, with the thick layers of his shields,
God has delivered me to the perverse; and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me;
when His lamp shone on my head; I walked through darkness by His light;
I was not in safety, nor did I have rest, nor was I quiet; yet trouble comes.
The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.
Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?
I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself?
He who breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;
though You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
Surely He turned against me; He turns His hand all the day.
He has wasted my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.
When they took you by your hand, you broke and tore off all their shoulder. And when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their loins stand.
And he who falls on this Stone shall be broken, but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
who have laid down their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also the churches of the nations.