¹⁸ he will not let me get my breath
    but fills me with bitterness.^(A)

¹⁹ Will you not look away from me for a while,
    let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

¹⁵ He has filled me with bitterness;
    he has sated me with wormwood.

¹⁸ so I say, “Gone is my glory
    and all that I had hoped for from the Lord.”

³ against me alone he turns his hand,
    again and again, all day long.^(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.
¹⁷ They surround me like a flood all day long;
    from all sides they close in on me.^(B)
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
    my companions are in darkness.^(C)

⁷ Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah^(A)

¹³ Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again,
    before I depart and am no more.”^(A)