¹⁰ When I weep and fast,^(A)
    I must endure scorn;

²⁴ My knees give^(A) way from fasting;^(B)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(C)
25 I am an object of scorn^(D) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(E)

⁸ All day long my enemies^(A) taunt me;^(B)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(C)
9 For I eat ashes^(D) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears^(E)

¹³ Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth^(A)
    and humbled myself with fasting.^(B)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,