¹⁵ Terrors are turned upon me;
    my honor is pursued as by the wind,
    and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.^(A)

³ Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
    or like the dew that goes away early,
like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
    or like smoke from a window.^(A)

²² I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.^(A)

⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty^[a] are in me;
    my spirit drinks their poison;
    the terrors of God are arrayed against me.^(A)

⁴ What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes away early.^(A)

¹⁵ Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.^[a](A)

²³ For I was in terror of calamity from God,
    and I could not have faced his majesty.^(A)

¹⁶ Bold as a lion you hunt me;
    you repeat your exploits against me.^(A)