¹⁸ he will not let me get my breath,
    but fills me with bitterness.

¹⁹ How long will you not ^(A)look away from me,
    nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

^15 (A)He has filled me with bitterness;
    he has sated me with ^(B)wormwood.

^18 (A)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
    so has my hope from the Lord.”

³ surely against me he turns his hand
    again and again the whole day long.

¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[a]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(A)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(B)surround me like a flood ^(C)all day long;
    they ^(D)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(E)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[b]

⁷ Your wrath ^(A)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(B)all your waves. Selah

^13 (A)Look away from me, that I may smile again,
    ^(B)before I depart and ^(C)am no more!”