¹⁷ I never sat^(A) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand^(B) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.

²⁸ Let him sit alone in silence,^(A)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.

⁴ I do not sit^(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.^(B)
5 I abhor^(C) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.

“Come out from them^(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”^[a](B)

¹¹ But I am full of the wrath^(A) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.^(B)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men^(C) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.^(D)

⁷ I lie awake;^(A) I have become
    like a bird alone^(B) on a roof.