א (Alef)
3:1 I am the man who has experienced affliction
from the rod of his wrath.
3:2 He drove me into captivity and made me walk
in darkness and not light.
3:3 He repeatedly attacks me,
he turns his hand against me all day long.
ב (Bet)
3:4 He has made my mortal skin waste away;
he has broken my bones.