⁷ “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.^(A)

⁹ I was silent;^(A) I would not open my mouth,^(B)
    for you are the one who has done this.^(C)

¹² “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(A)
    do not be deaf^(B) to my weeping.^(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(D)
    a stranger,^(E) as all my ancestors were.^(F)
13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”^(G)