13. He pierced my kidneyswith His arrows.
14. I am a laughingstock to all my people, mocked by their songs all day long.
15. He filled me with bitterness,satiated me with wormwood.
16. He ground my teeth on gravel and made me cower in the dust.
17. My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
18. Then I thought: My future is lost,as well as my hope from the Lord.
19. Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison.
20. I continually remember themand have become depressed.
21. Yet I call this to mind,and therefore I have hope:
22. Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end.