1 I am the gever that hath seen affliction
by the rod of His wrath.
2 He hath driven me away, and brought me
into choshech, but not into ohr.
3 Surely against me is He turned;
He turneth His yad against me kol hayom.
4 My basar and my ohr (skin) hath He made old;
He hath broken my atzmot.
5 He hath set up siegeworks against me,
and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He hath set me in dark places,
like the mesei olam (long dead).
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot escape;
He hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and call out,
He shutteth out my tefillah.
9 He hath barred my ways with hewn stone,
He hath made my paths crooked.