²¹ “Have pity on me, my friends,^(A) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck^(B) me.
²² Why do you pursue^(C) me as God does?^(D)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(E)

²³ “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,^(F)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool^(G) on^[a] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!^(H)
25 I know that my redeemer^[b](I) lives,^(J)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.^[c]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[d] in^[e] my flesh I will see God;^(K)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(L)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(M) within me!

²⁸ “If you say, ‘How we will hound^(N) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,^[f]’
²⁹ you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,^(O)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.^[g]”^(P)