¹⁴ I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.^(A)
My eyes grew weak^(B) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”^(C)

¹¹ We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.^(A)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

⁹ For I eat ashes^(A) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears^(B)
10 because of your great wrath,^(C)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.

³ I remembered^(A) you, God, and I groaned;^(B)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.^[a](C)

¹⁹ but God has surely listened
    and has heard^(A) my prayer.

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