When my heart was embittered and I was pierced in my heart,
Thus my heart was grieved, And I was pricked in my reins.
For my heart was grieved, embittered, and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder].
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
When my heart was bitter, when I was all cut up inside,
Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name.
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
His archers surround me. Without mercy He pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of them who do wrong.
Be still before Adonai and wait patiently for Him. Do not fret over one prospering in his way, over one carrying out wicked schemes.
For I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
He shot into my kidneys arrows from His quiver.