a significant change of mood, in the wake of the central affirmations and call to confession. He returns to the terrible dangers that he has endured, and still does, but gone are the barely concealed accusations against God himself. ‘He’ is no longer the one inflicting the suffering (1–18). Rather, God has become the only one who can rescue him from his enemies. God is no longer portrayed as the enemy, but as the champion defender and redeemer. You can vent your anger and grief at him, but in the