1 I am the man who has seen afflictionunder the rod of his wrath;
2 he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
3 surely against me he turns his handagain and again the whole day long.
4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
5 he has besieged and enveloped mewith bitterness and tribulation;
6 he has made me dwell in darknesslike the dead of long ago.
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;he has made my chains heavy;