14. Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? [Matt. 27:46.]
15. I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint].
16. Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17. They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me.
18. Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.