⁴ Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep^(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”^(B)

⁴ Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.^(A)

¹² He will be a wild donkey^(A) of a man;
    his hand will be against everyone
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
    toward^[a] all his brothers.^(B)”

⁸ Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(A) your inheritance,^(B)
    the ends of the earth^(C) your possession.
⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(D)
    you will dash them to pieces^(E) like pottery.^(F)”

¹⁷ The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(A)
    all the nations that forget God.^(B)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(C) of the afflicted^(D) will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise,^(E) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(F)
    let the nations be judged^(G) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(H) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.^(I)

⁸ Away from me,^(A) all you who do evil,^(B)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.

¹⁴     I went about mourning^(A)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.
¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;^(B)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered^(C) me without ceasing.
¹⁶ Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;^[a](D)
    they gnashed their teeth^(E) at me.