¹⁷ For I am about to fall,^(A)
    and my pain^(B) is ever with me.

¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;^(A)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered^(B) me without ceasing.

⁶ I am bowed down^(A) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(B)

“I will gather the lame;^(A)
    I will assemble the exiles^(B)
    and those I have brought to grief.^(C)
7 I will make the lame my remnant,^(D)
    those driven away a strong nation.^(E)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion^(F)
    from that day and forever.^(G)

³ He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(A) and familiar with pain.^(B)
Like one from whom people hide^(C) their faces
    he was despised,^(D) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(E)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(F)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(G)
5 But he was pierced^(H) for our transgressions,^(I)
    he was crushed^(J) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(K) that brought us peace^(L) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(M) we are healed.^(N)

³ I remembered^(E) you, God, and I groaned;^(F)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.^[a](G)

⁶ I am worn out^(A) from my groaning.^(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(D)