¹⁹ as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so you destroy a man’s hope.^(A)

¹⁵ where then is my hope?^(A)
Who can see any hope for me?

¹⁰ He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.^[a]
He uproots my hope like a tree.^(A)