For Your arrowshave sunkdeepinto me, And Your handhas presseddownon me.
"For the arrowsof the Almightyare withinme, Their poisonmy spiritdrinks;The terrorsof Godare arrayedagainst me.
For You will makethem turntheir back;You will aimwith Your bowstringsat their faces.
For dayand nightYour handwas heavyupon me; My vitalitywas drainedaway [as] with the feverheatof summer.Selah.
Be graciousto me, O LORD,for I [am] piningaway;Healme, O LORD,for my bonesare dismayed.
But Godwill shootat them with an arrow;Suddenlythey will be wounded.
He bentHis bowAnd setme as a targetfor the arrow.
"Moreoverthe handof the LORDwas against them, to destroythem from withinthe campuntilthey all perished.
would you thereforewaituntilthey were grown?Would you thereforerefrainfrom marrying?No,my daughters;for it is harderfor me thanfor you, for the handof the LORDhas goneforthagainst me."
They senttherefore and gatheredallthe lordsof the Philistinesand said,"Sendawaythe arkof the Godof Israel,and let it returnto its own place,sothat it will not killus and our people."For there was a deadlyconfusionthroughoutthe city;the handof Godwas veryheavythere.
Now the handof the LORDwas heavyon the Ashdodites,and He ravagedthem and smotethem with tumors,both Ashdodand its territories.
"Watch,ifit goesup by the wayof its own territoryto Beth-shemesh,then He has doneus thisgreatevil.But ifnot, then we will knowthat it was not His handthat struckus; it happenedto us by chance."
