16 Your words were found, (A)and I ate them,
    and (B)your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
(C)for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.
17 (D)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
    nor did I rejoice;
(E)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
    for you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unceasing,
    (F)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me (G)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?

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