1. I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2. Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
3. Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
4. My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
5. He hath built against me, and encompassed me with gall and toil.
6. He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
7. He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8. Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9. He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10. He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
11. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
12. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13. He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14. I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
15. He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
16. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.