¹² He drew his bow^(A)
    and made me the target^(B) for his arrows.^(C)

²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to you,^(A)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?^(B)
    Have I become a burden to you?^[a](C)

⁴ Like an enemy he has strung his bow;^(A)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;^(B)
he has poured out his wrath^(C) like fire^(D)
    on the tent^(E) of Daughter Zion.

¹² If he does not relent,^(A)
    he^[a] will sharpen his sword;^(B)
    he will bend and string his bow.^(C)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.^(D)

⁴ The arrows^(A) of the Almighty^(B) are in me,^(C)
    my spirit drinks^(D) in their poison;^(E)
    God’s terrors^(F) are marshaled against me.^(G)

¹² All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.^(A)
He has made me his target;^(B)
13     his archers surround me.^(C)
Without pity, he pierces^(D) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.