16. ‘And now my life ebbs away;days of suffering grip me.
17. Night pierces my bones;my gnawing pains never rest.
18. In his great power God becomes like clothing to me;he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19. He throws me into the mud,and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
20. ‘I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer;I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21. You turn on me ruthlessly;with the might of your hand you attack me.