¹⁵ where then is my hope—^(A)
    who can see any hope for me?^(B)

¹⁵ Though he slay me, yet will I hope^(A) in him;^(B)
    I will surely^[a] defend my ways to his face.^(C)

¹⁰ He tears me down^(A) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(B) like a tree.^(C)

¹¹ “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?^(A)

⁶ Should not your piety be your confidence^(A)
    and your blameless^(B) ways your hope?

⁶ “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,^(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.^(B)