How long will you keep irritating my soul
Crushing me with words
I’ve been completely rebuked
You are not ashamed to deal harshly
My errors remain with me
Exult yourself
You claim this reproach against me is justified
The sun has caught me in its hunting net
I keep crying for help but there is no justice
My path is blocked with a stone wall
I cannot pa** by
My roadways are covered with darkness
My glory has been stripped
From all sides I am broken
My hope is uprooted like a tree
His anger burns against me
I’m viewed as his enemy
I’m besieged by this camp surrounding my tent
“Those who know me have turned away from me
I’ve been forgotten
I’m a stranger in my own house
I beg to them all for compa**ion
My leaves are loathsome to my soil
I am mulch to my kin
Despised by firstlings
Scorns overlap my reach
Execrated amongst the forest
Those whom I loved have turned against me”
My bones stick to my flesh
I escape with the husk of my roots
Show me mercy
Why am I persecuted relentlessly
If only my words were carved forever in the rock
I know my deliverance is alive