⁷ My eyes have grown dim with grief;^(A)
    my whole frame is but a shadow.^(B)

⁹ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;^(A)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,^(B)
    my soul and body^(C) with grief.
¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish^(D)
    and my years by groaning;^(E)
my strength fails^(F) because of my affliction,^[a](G)
    and my bones grow weak.^(H)

⁷ My eyes grow weak^(A) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

¹⁶ My face is red with weeping,^(A)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;^(B)

¹⁷ Because of this our hearts^(A) are faint,^(B)
    because of these things our eyes^(C) grow dim^(D)

²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(A)
    I am shaken off like a locust.

⁸ You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(A) rises up and testifies against me.^(B)