⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people;^(A)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(B)
    for God is our refuge.

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart^(A) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.^(B)
Lift up your hands^(C) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint^(D) from hunger
    at every street corner.

³ When my spirit grows faint^(C) within me,
    it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
    people have hidden a snare for me.

15 A gentle answer^(A) turns away wrath,^(B)
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.

¹⁶ “And now my life ebbs away;^(A)
    days of suffering grip me.^(B)

¹⁵ Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,^(A)
    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.^(B)