3:1 I am the man who has experienced affliction from the disciplining rod of his wrath.
3:2 He has driven me into captivity, and made me walk in deep darkness.
3:3 He repeatedly attacked me over and over, continually.
3:4 He has caused my mortal skin to waste away; he has broken my bones.
3:5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
3:6 He has made me reside in intense darkness like those who died long ago.
3:7 He has walled me in so that I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with heavy prison chains.
3:8 Even though I cry out desperately for help, he shuts his ears to my prayer.
3:9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of fitted stones; he has made every path on which I flee impossible to traverse.
3:10 He is like a bear lying in wait for me, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
3:11 He dragged me from the path and tore me to pieces, and mangled me beyond rescue.
3:12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
3:13 He shot his arrows into my heart.
3:14 I have become the laughingstock of all people; I am the subject of their mockery continually.