⁸ I am exhausted and completely crushed.
    My groans come from an anguished heart.

³ When I refused to confess my sin,
    my body wasted away,
    and I groaned all day long.

²⁴ I cannot eat for sighing;
    my groans pour out like water.

¹ My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
    Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
² Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
    Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.

²⁸ I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
    I stand in the public square and cry for help.

¹¹ We growl like hungry bears;
    we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
    We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.