² In the ^(A)day of my distress I sought the Lord;
^(B)In the night my ^(C)hand was stretched out ^[a]without weariness;
My soul ^(D)refused to be comforted.
³ I remember God and I am ^(E)disturbed;
I ^(F)muse and ^(G)my spirit faints. ^[b]Selah.
⁴ You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I ^(H)cannot speak.
⁵ I give thought to the ^(I)days of old,
The years of long ago.
⁶ I remember my ^(J)music in the night;
I ^(K)am musing with my heart,
And my spirit is searching:

¹⁶ For these things I ^(A)am weeping;
^[a]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a ^(B)comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”