⁷ Lord, You persuaded me and I let myself be persuaded;
You have ^(A)overcome me and prevailed.
I have become a ^(B)laughingstock all day long;
Everyone ^(C)mocks me.
⁸ For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I ^(D)proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the ^(E)word of the Lord has ^[a]resulted
In taunting and derision all day long.
⁹ But if I say, “I will not ^(F)remember Him
Nor speak anymore in His name,”
Then in ^(G)my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am tired of holding it in,
And ^(H)I cannot endure it.
¹⁰ For ^(I)I have heard the whispering of many,
“^(J)Terror on every side!
^(K)Denounce him; let’s denounce him!”
^[b]All my ^(L)trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may ^(M)prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”