¹⁷ You bring new witnesses against me^(A)
    and increase your anger toward me;^(B)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.^(C)

⁸ You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(A) rises up and testifies against me.^(B)

¹² At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,^(A)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,^(B)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,^(C)
    either good or bad.’^(D)

¹¹ “Moab has been at rest^(A) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,^(B)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.

¹⁹ God, who is enthroned from of old,^(A)
    who does not change—
he will hear^(B) them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.^(C)

⁶ then know that God has wronged me^(A)
    and drawn his net^(B) around me.^(C)

⁷ “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;^(D)
    though I call for help,^(E) there is no justice.^(F)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(G)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(H)
9 He has stripped^(I) me of my honor^(J)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(K)
10 He tears me down^(L) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(M) like a tree.^(N)
11 His anger^(O) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.^(P)

¹¹ God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.^(A)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.^(B)
He has made me his target;^(C)
13     his archers surround me.^(D)
Without pity, he pierces^(E) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
¹⁴ Again and again^(F) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.^(G)

¹⁵ “I have sewed sackcloth^(H) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.^(I)
16 My face is red with weeping,^(J)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;^(K)