⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness;^(A)
    let the bones^(B) you have crushed rejoice.

⁵ Why should you be beaten^(A) anymore?
    Why do you persist^(B) in rebellion?^(C)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart^(D) afflicted.^(E)
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head^(F)
    there is no soundness^(G)—
only wounds and welts^(H)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged^(I)
    or soothed with olive oil.^(J)

⁵ In my distress I groan aloud^(A)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,^(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.^(B)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,^(C) and say:
⁴² “We have sinned and rebelled^(D)
    and you have not forgiven.^(E)

³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(A)
    my bones^(B) burn like glowing embers.

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(A) in the light of your presence.^(B)

⁹ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;^(A)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,^(B)
    my soul and body^(C) with grief.
¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish^(D)
    and my years by groaning;^(E)
my strength fails^(F) because of my affliction,^[a](G)
    and my bones grow weak.^(H)