⁶ I am bowed down^(A) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(B)

⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;^(A)
    I groan^(B) in anguish of heart.^(C)

³ When I kept silent,^(A)
    my bones wasted away^(B)
    through my groaning^(C) all day long.
⁴ For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(D) on me;
my strength was sapped^(E)
    as in the heat of summer.^[a]