11. He has turned aside my ways And torn me in pieces, He has laid me waste.
12. He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.
13. He made the arrows of His quiver pierce my kidneys.
14. I have been a mockery to all my people, Their mocking song all the day.
15. He has filled me with bitterness, He drenched me with wormwood.
16. And He has broken my teeth with gravel, He has covered me with ashes.
17. And You have removed my being far from peace, I have forgotten goodness.
18. And I said, “My strength and my expectancy Have perished from יהוה.”
19. Remember my affliction and my anguish, The wormwood and the gall.
20. Your being indeed remembers And bows down upon me.
21. This I recall to my mind, therefore I wait:
22. The kindnesses of יהוה! For we have not been consumed, For His compassions have not ended.
23. They are new every morning, Great is Your trustworthiness.
24. “יהוה is my Portion,” says my being, “Therefore I wait for Him!”
25. יהוה is good to those waiting for Him, To the being who seeks Him.