¹⁸ He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills me with bitterness.

¹⁹ How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?

^15 (A)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.

^18 (A)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”

³ Surely He has turned His hand against me
Time and time again throughout the day.

¹⁵ I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.
¹⁶ Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have ^[a]cut me off.
¹⁷ They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
^18 (A)Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

⁷ Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all ^(A)Your waves. Selah

^13 (A)Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
Before I go away and ^(B)am no more.”