^3 (A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    ^(B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
^(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for ^(D)the day of slaughter.

⁷ For it is ^(A)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
    that dishonor has covered my face.
⁸ I have become ^(B)a stranger to my brothers,
    an alien to my mother's sons.

¹² O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
    ^(A)who sees the heart and the mind,^[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

¹⁶ I have not run away from being your shepherd,
    nor have I desired the day of sickness.
^(A)You know ^(B)what came out of my lips;
    it was before your face.