^13 (A)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
    my couch will ease my complaint,’

²⁷ If I say, ^(A)‘I will forget my complaint,
    I will put off my sad face, and ^(B)be of good cheer,’
²⁸ I become ^(C)afraid of all my suffering,
    for I know you will not ^(D)hold me innocent.

³ so I am allotted months of ^(A)emptiness,
    ^(B)and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
^4 (C)When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
    But the night is long,
    and I am full of tossing till the dawn.