⁸ Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll^[a](A)—
    are they not in your record?^(B)

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)

¹⁷ For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;^(A)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^[a](B)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^[b]”^(C)

⁵ Those who sow with tears^(A)
    will reap^(B) with songs of joy.^(C)
6 Those who go out weeping,^(D)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(A) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.

⁸ the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.^(A)