13 He pierced(A) my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.(B)
14 I became the laughingstock(C) of all my people;(D)
    they mock me in song(E) all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.(F)

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;(G)
    he has trampled me in the dust.(H)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(I)

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(J) and the gall.(K)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(L) within me.(M)

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