² I say to God:^(A) Do not declare me guilty,
    but tell me what charges^(B) you have against me.^(C)

²⁹ Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?^(A)

¹⁶ The crown^(A) has fallen from our head.^(B)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!^(C)
17 Because of this our hearts^(D) are faint,^(E)
    because of these things our eyes^(F) grow dim^(G)

⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,^(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.^(B)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,^(C) and say:
⁴² “We have sinned and rebelled^(D)
    and you have not forgiven.^(E)

²³ Search me,^(A) God, and know my heart;^(B)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way^(C) in me,
    and lead me^(D) in the way everlasting.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(A)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(B) deliver me.^(C)