¹⁹ Will you not look away from me for a while,
    let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

¹⁸ he will not let me get my breath
    but fills me with bitterness.^(A)

¹ How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?^(A)
2 How long must I bear pain^[a] in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?^(B)

⁶ look away from them and desist,^[a]
    that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.^(A)

³ O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall the wicked exult?^(A)

³ My soul also is struck with terror,
    while you, O Lord—how long?^(A)