5 BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship.
6 BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead.
7 GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
8 GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer.
9 GHIMEL. He has enclosed my ways with square stones; he has subverted my paths.
10 DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.
11 DALETH. He has subverted my paths, and he has broken me. He has placed me in desolation.