^17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
    ^(B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
    for ^(C)a nation which could not save.

^18 (D)They dogged our steps
    so that we could not walk in our streets;
^(E)our end drew near; our days were numbered,
    for our end had come.

^16 (B)“The snorting of their horses is heard ^(C)from Dan;
    at the sound of the neighing ^(D)of their stallions
    ^(E)the whole land quakes.
They come ^(F)and devour the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who dwell in it.

⁹ Therefore justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not overtake us;
^(B)we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
    and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
^10 (C)We grope for the wall like the blind;
    we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
    ^(D)among those in full vigor we are like dead men.
¹¹ We all growl like bears;
    ^(E)we moan and moan like doves;
^(F)we hope for justice, but there is none;
    for salvation, but it is far from us.
¹² For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
    and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
    and we know our iniquities: