² But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
    my steps had nearly slipped.

¹⁸ When I thought, ^(A)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(B)held me up.

¹⁶ For I said, “Only ^(A)let them not rejoice over me,
    who ^(B)boast against me when my ^(C)foot slips!”

⁵ My steps have ^(A)held fast to your paths;
    my feet have not slipped.

¹³ But I, ^(A)when they were sick—
    I ^(B)wore sackcloth;
    I ^(C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^(D)with head bowed^[a] on my chest.