5. If indeed you would exalt yourselves above meand use my humiliation against me,
6. then know that God has wronged meand drawn his net around me.
7. ‘Though I cry, “Violence!” I get no response;though I call for help, there is no justice.
8. He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass;he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
9. He has stripped me of my honourand removed the crown from my head.
10. He tears me down on every side till I am gone;he uproots my hope like a tree.
11. His anger burns against me;he counts me among his enemies.