4 God caused my skin and fleshto waste away,and he crushed my bones.
5 He attacked and surrounded mewith hardships and trouble;
6 he forced me to sit in the darklike someone long dead.
7 God built a fence around methat I cannot climb over,and he chained me down.
8 Even when I shoutedand prayed for help,he refused to listen.
9 God put big rocks in my wayand made me followa crooked path.
10 God was like a bear or a lionwaiting in ambush for me;