²⁴ In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
    it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.^(A)

⁶ When a trumpet^(A) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster^(B) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?^(C)

¹⁹ Oh, my anguish, my anguish!^(A)
    I writhe in pain.^(B)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds^(C) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.^(D)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;^(E)
    I have heard the battle cry.^(F)

²⁰ Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?

²⁴ When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face^(A) was precious to them.^[a](B)

¹⁶ Even if I summoned him and he responded,
    I do not believe he would give me a hearing.^(A)