¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.^(A)

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.

¹¹ I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself^(A)
    in the land of the living;^(B)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(A) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(B)
14 Satisfy^(C) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(D)
    that we may sing for joy^(E) and be glad all our days.^(F)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.

¹⁷ Give me a sign^(A) of your goodness,
    that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
    for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.