⁶ I am worn out^(A) from my groaning.^(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(D)

⁹ All my longings^(A) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing^(B) is not hidden from you.

¹⁸ The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.^(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,^(B)
    let your tears^(C) flow like a river
    day and night;^(D)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.^(E)

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart^(F) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.^(G)
Lift up your hands^(H) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint^(I) from hunger
    at every street corner.

¹¹ My eyes fail from weeping,^(A)
    I am in torment within^(B);
my heart^(C) is poured out^(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,^(E)
because children and infants faint^(F)
    in the streets of the city.

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(A)
No one is near to comfort^(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(C)

² Bitterly she weeps^(A) at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers^(B)
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed^(C) her;
    they have become her enemies.^(D)

³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(A)
    my bones^(B) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(C)
    I forget to eat my food.^(D)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(E)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.