I was at ease, and he broke me asunder; 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 thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;
when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon 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 thick-bossed shield;
For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest 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.