¹² I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;^(A)

¹¹ he led me off my way and tore me to pieces;
    he has made me desolate;
¹² he bent his bow and set me
    as a mark for his arrow.^(A)

²⁰ If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?
    Why have you made me your target?
    Why have I become a burden to you?^(A)

¹⁹ yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals
    and covered us with deep darkness.^(A)

⁷ when they grasped you with the hand, you broke
    and tore all their shoulders,
and when they leaned on you, you broke
    and made all their legs give way.^[a](A)

¹⁸ Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
    and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;^[a](A)
19 my roots spread out to the waters,
    with the dew all night on my branches;^(B)

³ when his lamp shone over my head,
    and by his light I walked through darkness,^(A)