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16 My face is red and swollen with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],

17 Although there is no guilt or violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

18 O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard].

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16 My face is red with weeping,(A)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;(B)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(C)
    and my prayer is pure.(D)

18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(E)
    may my cry(F) never be laid to rest!(G)

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