1. I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
2. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
3. indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
4. He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.
5. He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
7. He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.
8. Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.