²⁴ For he has not despised^(A) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(B)
he has not hidden his face^(C) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(D)

⁶ I offered my back to those who beat^(A) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;^(B)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.^(C)
7 Because the Sovereign Lord^(D) helps^(E) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(F)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(G)
8 He who vindicates^(H) me is near.^(I)
    Who then will bring charges against me?^(J)
    Let us face each other!^(K)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!
⁹ It is the Sovereign Lord^(L) who helps^(M) me.
    Who will condemn^(N) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths^(O) will eat them up.

⁵ When hard pressed,^(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.^(B)

²⁹ But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.^(A)

³⁰ I will praise God’s name in song^(B)
    and glorify him^(C) with thanksgiving.
³¹ This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(D)
32 The poor will see and be glad^(E)—
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!^(F)
33 The Lord hears the needy^(G)
    and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,^(H)

³ The cords of death^(A) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called on the name^(B) of the Lord:
    “Lord, save me!^(C)”

⁵ The Lord is gracious and righteous;^(D)
    our God is full of compassion.^(E)
6 The Lord protects the unwary;
    when I was brought low,^(F) he saved me.^(G)

⁶ This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.^(A)

⁶ But I am a worm^(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(B) despised^(C) by the people.