How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
[…] That night, that year
Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!) my God. (13-14)
By and large, a "wretch" is not a happy person. It turns out that the speaker was in this sad state for a full year, which seems impossibly sad. Even if he had suffered for a night, he acknowledges, he underwent a severe test. Wrestling with God, after all, is not for the faint of heart.