2 He has driven me away and made me walkin darkness rather than light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against meagain and again, all day long.
4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow oldand has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded mewith bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darknesslike those long dead.
7 He has walled me in so that I cannot escape;he has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,he shuts out my prayer.