²⁸ I go about blackened,^(A) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.^(B)

⁹ I say to God my Rock,^(A)
    “Why have you forgotten^(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(C)
    oppressed^(D) by the enemy?”^(E)

⁶ I am bowed down^(A) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(B)

3 ^[a]I am the man who has seen affliction^(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.^(B)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness^(C) rather than light;
³ indeed, he has turned his hand against me^(D)
    again and again, all day long.