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I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light.   He has besieged me and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.  Though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.  He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes.  "Remember, O Lord, my affliction and bitterness, the wormwood and the gall!"