Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. {shall burn: or, hath burned} {shall consume: or, hath consumed}

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; {because} thy sins were increased.

And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies:

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}