8. Gimel Even when I cried and shouted, he shut out my prayer.
9. Gimel He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.
10. Daleth He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a lion in secret places.
11. Daleth He has made my ways crooked and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
12. Daleth He has bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13. He He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14. He I was a derision to all my people and their song every day.
15. He He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunk with wormwood.
16. Vau He has broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
17. Vau My soul removed itself far from peace; I forgot about good.
18. Vau And I said, My strength and my hope of the Lord is perished.
19. Zain Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20. Zain My soul shall have them still in remembrance because it is humbled in me.