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

² For your ^(A)arrows have sunk into me,
    and your hand ^(B)has come down on me.

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

¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[a]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(A)dreadful assaults destroy me.

¹⁴ A man's spirit will endure sickness,
    but ^(A)a crushed spirit who can bear?

¹² I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his ^(A)target;
¹³     his ^(B)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys ^(C)and does not spare;
    he ^(D)pours out my gall on the ground.
¹⁴ He breaks me with ^(E)breach upon breach;
    he ^(F)runs upon me like a warrior.

^12 (A)he bent his bow ^(B)and set me
    as a target for his arrow.