Abandonment by God and Man

6 “But if I speak, my pain is not relieved,

and if I refrain from speaking

– how much of it goes away?

7  Surely now he has worn me out,

you have devastated my entire household.

8  You have seized me,

and it has become a witness;

my leanness has risen up against me

and testifies against me.

9  His anger has torn me and persecuted me;

he has gnashed at me with his teeth;

my adversary locks his eyes on me.

10  People have opened their mouths against me,

they have struck my cheek in scorn;

they unite together against me.

11  God abandons me to evil men,

and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

12  I was in peace, and he has shattered me.

He has seized me by the neck and crushed me.

He has made me his target;

13  his archers surround me.

Without pity he pierces my kidneys

and pours out my gall on the ground.

14  He breaks through against me, time and time again;

he rushes against me like a warrior.

15  I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,

and buried my horn in the dust;

16  my face is reddened because of weeping,

and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

17  although there is no violence in my hands

and my prayer is pure.