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.
9. He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.
10. Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,