"Whydo you persecuteme as God[does], And are not satisfiedwith my flesh?
Should [my head] be liftedup, You would huntme like a lion;And againYou would showYour poweragainst me.
"Whydo You hideYour faceAnd considerme Your enemy?
"Will You causea drivenleafto tremble?Or will You pursuethe drychaff?
"Godhandsme overto ruffiansAnd tossesme into the handsof the wicked.
"Ifyou say,'Howshall we persecutehim?' And 'What pretextfor a caseagainst him can we find?'
Knowthenthat Godhas wrongedme And has closedHis netaroundme.
"However,putforthYour handnow,and touchhis boneand his flesh;he will curseYou to Your face."
"You have becomecruelto me; With the mightof Your handYou persecuteme.
"Have the menof my tentnot said,'Whocan findone who has not been satisfiedwith his meat'?
For they have persecutedhim whomYou Yourselfhave smitten,And they tellof the painof those whom You have wounded.
Addiniquityto their iniquity,And may they not comeinto Your righteousness.
"I will putit into the handof your tormentors,Whohave saidto you, 'Liedownthat we may walkover[you].' You have even madeyour backlike the groundAnd like the streetfor those who walkover[it]."
Whoeatthe fleshof my people,Stripofftheir skinfrom them, Breaktheir bonesAnd chop[them] up as for the potAnd as meatin a kettle."
