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)

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

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

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

¹⁴ The human spirit will endure sickness,
    but a broken spirit—who can bear?

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)
13     his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
    he pours out my gall on the ground.^(B)
14 He bursts upon me again and again;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.^(C)

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