¹⁸ that you examine them every morning^(A)
    and test them^(B) every moment?^(C)

“See, I will refine^(A) and test^(B) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?

¹² Like a shepherd’s tent^(A) my house
    has been pulled down^(B) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled^(C) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;^(D)
    day and night^(E) you made an end of me.
¹³ I waited patiently^(F) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke^(G) all my bones;^(H)
    day and night^(I) you made an end of me.

¹⁴ They are now dead,^(A) they live no more;
    their spirits^(B) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;^(C)
    you wiped out all memory of them.^(D)

³ Do you fix your eye on them?^(A)
    Will you bring them^[a] before you for judgment?^(B)