¹⁶ I despise my life;^(A) I would not live forever.^(B)
    Let me alone;^(C) my days have no meaning.^(D)

¹⁷ “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,^(E)
18 that you examine them every morning^(F)
    and test them^(G) every moment?^(H)
19 Will you never look away from me,^(I)
    or let me alone even for an instant?^(J)

⁸ In peace^(A) I will lie down and sleep,^(B)
    for you alone, Lord,
    make me dwell in safety.^(C)

¹⁰ For you are great^(A) and do marvelous deeds;^(B)
    you alone^(C) are God.