⁵ But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart.
    You are terrified when it touches you.

²¹ “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
    for the hand of God has struck me.

“My child,^[b] don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and don’t give up when he corrects you.

¹⁰ If you fail under pressure,
    your strength is too small.

¹⁴ “One should be kind to a fainting friend,
    but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.^[a]

²⁵ What I always feared has happened to me.
    What I dreaded has come true.
²⁶ I have no peace, no quietness.
    I have no rest; only trouble comes.”