⁴ For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(A) on me;
my strength was sapped^(B)
    as in the heat of summer.^[a]

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

¹⁰ Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow^(A) of your hand.^(B)
11 When you rebuke^(C) and discipline^(D) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(E) their wealth like a moth^(F)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(G)

¹⁵ My mouth^[a] is dried up like a potsherd,^(A)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(B)
    you lay me in the dust^(C) of death.

⁷ No fear of me should alarm you,
    nor should my hand be heavy on you.^(A)

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)

⁶ In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(A)

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.

¹⁰ Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.^(A)