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,
11. he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.
12. He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
13. He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.
14. I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15. He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
16. He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
17. I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18. So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
19. I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
20. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.