6. Though I speak , my grief is not asswag•…•…d: and though I forbear, what am I eased ?
7. But now he hath made me weary ▪ thou hast made desolate all my company .
8. 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 .
9. He teareth me in his wrath , who hateth me : he gnasheth upon me with his teeth ; mine enemy sharpneth his eyes upon me .
10. They have gaped upon me with their mouth , they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully , they have gathered themselves together against me .
11. God hath delivered me to the ungodly , and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12. I was at ease , but he hath broken me asun∣der ; he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces , and set me up for his mark .
13. His archers compass me round about; he cleaveth my reins asunder , and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14. He breaketh me with breach upon breach ; he runneth upon me like a giant .
15. I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin , and defiled my horn in the dust .
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eye∣lids is the shadow of death .
17. Not for any injustice in mine hands : also, my prayer is pure .
18. O earth, cover not thou my bloud , and let my cry have no place.