1 I am a man that sees affliction in the rod of his wrath.
Aleph
2 He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Aleph
3 Surely he is turned against me; he turns his hand against me all the day.
Beth
4 My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Beth
5 He has built against me and compassed me with gall and travail.
Beth
6 He has set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.
Gimel
7 He has hedged me about that I cannot get out; he has made my chain heavy.
Gimel
8 Even when I cried and shouted, he shut out my prayer.
Gimel
9 He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.
Daleth