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"I was at ease, but ^(o)He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His ^(p)target.

"His ^(q)arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out ^(r)my gall on the ground.

"He ^(s)breaks through me with breach after breach; He ^(t)runs at me like a warrior.

"I have sewed ^(u)sackcloth over my skin And ^(v)thrust my horn in the dust.

"My face is flushed from ^(w)weeping, ^(x)And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

Although there is no ^(y)violence in my hands, And ^(z)my prayer is pure.

"O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.

"Even now, behold, ^(aa)my witness is in heaven, And my ^[g]advocate is ^(ab)on high.

"My friends are my scoffers; ^(ac)My eye ^[h]weeps to God.

"O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!