He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
The chapter containing this line is constructed as an alphabetical acrostic arranged in groups of three. Its first three lines begin with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the next three with the second, and so on through the alphabet in that threefold order. That acrostic arrangement disappears in English translation. The line itself portrays the speaker placed as a mark for a bent bow drawn by God. It gives voice to undergoing affliction inflicted by God.
The chapter containing this line is constructed as an alphabetical acrostic arranged in groups of three. Its first three lines begin with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the next three with the second, and so on through the alphabet in that threefold order. That acrostic arrangement disappears in English translation. The line itself portrays the speaker placed as a mark for a bent bow drawn by God. It gives voice to undergoing affliction inflicted by God.