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;
8 though I call and cry for help,he shuts out my prayer;
9 he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;he has made my paths crooked.