⁴ He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
    ^(D)he has broken my bones;
^5 (E)he has besieged and enveloped me
    with ^(F)bitterness and tribulation;
^6 (G)he has made me dwell in darkness
    like the dead of long ago.

^7 (H)He has walled me about so that ^(I)I cannot escape;
    he has made my chains heavy;
⁸ though ^(J)I call and cry for help,
    he shuts out my prayer;
^9 (K)he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
    he has made my paths crooked.

^19 (A)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    ^(B)the wormwood and ^(C)the gall!
²⁰ My soul continually remembers it
    ^(D)and is bowed down within me.
²¹ But this I call to mind,
    and ^(E)therefore I have hope:

^22 (F)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^{[a]
    (G)}his mercies never come to an end;
²³ they are new ^(H)every morning;
    ^(I)great is your faithfulness.
^24 (J)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    ^(K)“therefore I will hope in him.”