¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with disgust
    because they do not keep your commands.^(A)

¹³⁶ My eyes shed streams of tears
    because your law is not kept.^(A)

⁸ But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression
    and to Israel his sin.^(A)

⁹ If I say, “I will not mention him
    or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
    shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.^(A)

¹⁸ For I am full of words;
    the spirit within me constrains me.^(A)
19 My belly is indeed like wine that has no vent;
    like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.^(B)
20 I must speak, so that I may find relief;
    I must open my lips and answer.