^19 [a](A)Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?

²⁰ Would He not cease ^(A)for a few of my days?
^[a](B)Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
²¹ Before I go—^(C)and I shall not return—
^(D)To the land of darkness and ^(E)shadow of death,

²⁴ I say, “O my God, ^(A)do not take me away in the ^[a]midst of my days,
Your ^(B)years are from generation to all generations.