¹⁵ My mouth^[a] is dried up like a potsherd,^(A)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(B)
    you lay me in the dust^(C) of death.

⁴ For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(A) on me;
my strength was sapped^(B)
    as in the heat of summer.^[a]

¹⁰ My heart pounds,^(A) my strength fails^(B) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.^(C)

²⁶ My flesh and my heart^(A) may fail,^(B)
    but God is the strength^(C) of my heart
    and my portion^(D) forever.