⁵ Oh that you would ^(A)keep silent,
    and it would be your wisdom!

³ Bear with me, and I will speak,
    and after I have spoken, ^(A)mock on.

10 “I ^(A)loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my ^(B)complaint;
    I will speak in ^(C)the bitterness of my soul.

¹⁵ so that I would choose strangling
    and death rather than my ^(A)bones.
¹⁶ I ^(B)loathe my life; I would not live forever.
    ^(C)Leave me alone, for my days are ^(D)a breath.

⁹ that it would ^(A)please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
¹⁰ This would be my comfort;
    I would even exult^[a] in pain ^(B)unsparing,
    for I have not denied the words of ^(C)the Holy One.