²¹ You have ^(A)turned cruel to me;
    with the might of your hand you ^(B)persecute me.

¹⁴ If I sin, you ^(A)watch me
    and do not ^(B)acquit me of my iniquity.
^15 (C)If I am guilty, woe to me!
    If I am ^(D)in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
    and ^(E)look on my affliction.
¹⁶ And were my head lifted up,^[a] you would hunt me like ^(F)a lion
    and again work ^(G)wonders against me.
¹⁷ You renew your ^(H)witnesses against me
    and increase your vexation toward me;
    you ^(I)bring fresh troops against me.

⁹ He has ^(A)torn me in his wrath ^(B)and hated me;
    he has ^(C)gnashed his teeth at me;
    my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
¹⁰ Men have ^(D)gaped at me with their mouth;
    they have ^(E)struck me insolently on the cheek;
    they ^(F)mass themselves together against me.
¹¹ God gives me up to the ungodly
    and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
¹² I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his ^(G)target;
¹³     his ^(H)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys ^(I)and does not spare;
    he ^(J)pours out my gall on the ground.
¹⁴ He breaks me with ^(K)breach upon breach;
    he ^(L)runs upon me like a warrior.

^14 (A)All your lovers have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of ^(B)an enemy,
    the punishment ^(C)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
    ^(D)because your sins are flagrant.

¹³ You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.

⁷ “Will the Lord ^(A)spurn forever,
    and never again ^(B)be favorable?
⁸ Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his ^(C)promises at an end for all time?
^9 (D)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    ^(E)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

⁶ Would he ^(A)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.

²² Why do you, like God, ^(A)pursue me?
    Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?