¹⁸ “O earth, you should not cover my blood,
and let there be no place^[a] for my cry for help.
¹⁹ So now look, my witness is in the heavens,
and he who vouches for me is in the heights.
²⁰ My friends scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
²¹ and it argues^[b] for a mortal with God,
and as a human^[c] for his friend.