⁷ Surely now God has worn me out;
    he has^[a] made desolate all my company.^(A)
8 And he has^[b] shriveled me up,
    which is a witness against me;
my leanness has risen up against me,
    and it testifies to my face.^(B)
9 He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;
    he has gnashed his teeth at me;
    my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.^(C)
10 They have gaped at me with their mouths;
    they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
    they mass themselves together against me.^(D)
11 God gives me up to the evil
    and casts me into the hands of the wicked.^(E)
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;^(F)
13     his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
    he pours out my gall on the ground.^(G)
14 He bursts upon me again and again;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.^(H)