6. He has caused me to dwell in dark places like those long dead.
7. He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain.
8. Even when I cry and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9. He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
10. He is to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion [hiding] in secret places.
11. He has turned me off my ways and pulled me in pieces; He has made me desolate.
12. He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13. He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my heart [the seat of my affections and desires].
14. I have become a derision to all my people, and [the subject of] their singsong all the day.
15. He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink to excess and until drunken with wormwood [bitterness].
16. He has also broken my teeth with gravel (stones); He has covered me with ashes.