¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(A)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(B)do you hide your face from me?

²⁴ Why ^(A)do you hide your face
    and ^(B)count me as your enemy?

² For you are ^(A)the God in whom I take refuge;
    why have you ^(B)rejected me?
Why do I ^(C)go about mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?

13 ^(A)How long, O Lord? Will you ^(B)forget me forever?
    How long will you ^(C)hide your face from me?

²⁴ Why ^(A)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

⁷ “Will the Lord ^(A)spurn forever,
    and never again ^(B)be favorable?
⁸ Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his ^(C)promises at an end for all time?
^9 (D)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    ^(E)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

^17 (A)Hide not your face from your servant,
    ^(B)for I am in distress; ^(C)make haste to answer me.