² “How I long for the months gone by,^(A)
    for the days when God watched over me,^(B)

³ when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!^(A)

¹³ I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord^(A)
    in the land of the living.^(B)

⁷ Set me free from my prison,^(A)
    that I may praise your name.^(B)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.^(C)