⁶ I am bowed down^(A) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(B)

²⁸ I go about blackened,^(A) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.^(B)

¹⁴     I went about mourning^(A)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.

⁹ I say to God my Rock,^(A)
    “Why have you forgotten^(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(C)
    oppressed^(D) by the enemy?”^(E)

⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?^(A)
    Why so disturbed^(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,^(C)
    for I will yet praise^(D) him,
    my Savior^(E) and my God.^(F)

¹⁴ I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.^(A)
My eyes grew weak^(B) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”^(C)

¹⁴ The Lord upholds^(A) all who fall
    and lifts up all^(B) who are bowed down.^(C)

⁹     my eyes^(A) are dim with grief.

I call^(B) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(C) to you.