¹⁷ Relieve the troubles^(A) of my heart
    and free me from my anguish.^(B)

⁶ Then they cried out^(A) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.

¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,^(A)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,^(B)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,^(C)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.^(D)

¹⁹ The Sovereign Lord is my strength;^(E)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.^(F)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

³ I remembered^(E) you, God, and I groaned;^(F)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.^[a](G)
4 You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.^(H)

⁷ Deep calls to deep^(A)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.^(B)

⁵ My wounds^(G) fester and are loathsome^(H)
    because of my sinful folly.^(I)
6 I am bowed down^(J) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(K)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;^(L)
    there is no health^(M) in my body.
⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;^(N)
    I groan^(O) in anguish of heart.^(P)

¹⁹ The righteous person may have many troubles,^(A)
    but the Lord delivers him from them all;^(B)