³ Look on me^(F) and answer,^(G) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,^(H) or I will sleep in death,^(I)
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,^(J)”
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.^(K)

⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love;^(L)
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.^(M)
6 I will sing^(N) the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.

¹⁷ How long,^(A) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life^(B) from these lions.^(C)

⁴ Turn,^(C) Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.^(D)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?^(E)

⁶ I am worn out^(F) from my groaning.^(G)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(H)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(I)