12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(A)
He has made me his target;(B)
13     his archers surround me.(C)
Without pity, he pierces(D) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(E) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.(F)

15 “I have sewed sackcloth(G) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.(H)
16 My face is red with weeping,(I)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;(J)

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12 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.

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 eyelids is the shadow of death;

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