² How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

^8 (A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
^(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
^9 (C)I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my ^(D)case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
¹⁰ Then she who is my enemy will see,
And ^(E)shame will cover her who said to me,
^(F)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.

¹⁸ I would comfort myself in sorrow;
My heart is faint in me.

¹⁸ Why is my ^(A)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me ^(B)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that ^[a]fail?