⁵ He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness^(A) and hardship.^(B)

¹⁹ I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness^(A) and the gall.^(B)

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,^(A)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness^(B) has spread throughout the land.”

⁸ He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(B)

⁷ He has walled me in so I cannot escape;^(A)
    he has weighed me down with chains.^(B)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,^(C)
    he shuts out my prayer.^(D)
9 He has barred^(E) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.^(F)