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"But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my group of loved ones.

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

"And You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my infirmity rises up against me, It testifies to my face.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

"His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My enemy glares at me.

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

"They have gaped at me with their mouths, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

"God hands me over to criminals, And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

"I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by my neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

"His arrows surround me. He splits my kidneys open without mercy; He pours out my bile on the ground.

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.