21 But you, O God my Lord,
    deal on my behalf (A)for your name's sake;
    because your (B)steadfast love is good, deliver me!
22 For I am (C)poor and needy,
    and my heart is stricken within me.
23 I am gone like (D)a shadow at evening;
    I am (E)shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak (F)through fasting;
    my (G)body has become gaunt, with no fat.
25 I am (H)an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they (I)wag their heads.

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