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15 “I have sewed ·rough cloth over my skin to show my sadness [sackcloth over my skin; C traditional mourning clothes]
    and have buried my ·face [L horn] in the dust [C a sign of grief; like an animal lowering its horn].
16 My face is red from crying;
    I have ·dark circles [deep darkness] around my eyes.
17 Yet my hands have never done anything ·cruel [violent],
    and my prayer is pure.

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15 I have sewed (A)sackcloth over my skin,
And (B)thrust my horn in the dust.
16 My face is flushed from (C)weeping,
(D)And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 Although there is no (E)violence in my hands,
And (F)my prayer is pure.

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