³ Does it please you to oppress me,^(A)
    to spurn the work of your hands,^(B)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?^(C)

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(C)

⁸ The Lord will vindicate^(A) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever^(B)—
    do not abandon^(C) the works of your hands.^(D)

¹⁵ You will call and I will answer you;^(A)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.^(B)

² He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness^(A) rather than light;
³ indeed, he has turned his hand against me^(B)
    again and again, all day long.

⁴ He has made my skin and my flesh grow old^(C)
    and has broken my bones.^(D)
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness^(E) and hardship.^(F)
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead.^(G)

⁷ He has walled me in so I cannot escape;^(H)
    he has weighed me down with chains.^(I)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,^(J)
    he shuts out my prayer.^(K)
9 He has barred^(L) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.^(M)

¹⁰ Like a bear lying in wait,
    like a lion^(N) in hiding,^(O)
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled^(P) me
    and left me without help.
¹² He drew his bow^(Q)
    and made me the target^(R) for his arrows.^(S)

¹³ He pierced^(T) my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.^(U)
14 I became the laughingstock^(V) of all my people;^(W)
    they mock me in song^(X) all day long.
¹⁵ He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.^(Y)

¹⁶ He has broken my teeth with gravel;^(Z)
    he has trampled me in the dust.^(AA)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
¹⁸ So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”^(AB)

³³ The Lord hears the needy^(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

⁸ “Would you discredit my justice?^(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?^(B)