^16 (A)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
    and ^(B)made me cower in ashes;
¹⁷ my soul is bereft of peace;
    I have forgotten what happiness^[a] is;
^18 (C)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
    so has my hope from the Lord.”

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

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

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who ^(O)wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
^26 (P)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
^27 (Q)It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke ^(R)in his youth.

²⁸ Let him ^(S)sit alone in silence
    when it is laid on him;
^29 (T)let him put his mouth in the dust—
    there may yet be hope;
^30 (U)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
    and let him be filled with insults.

^31 (V)For the Lord will not
    cast off forever,
³² but, though he ^(W)cause grief, ^(X)he will have compassion
    ^(Y)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
^33 (Z)for he does not afflict from his heart
    or ^(AA)grieve the children of men.

³⁴ To crush underfoot
    all ^(AB)the prisoners of the earth,
^35 (AC)to deny a man justice
    in the presence of the Most High,
³⁶ to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
    ^(AD)the Lord does not approve.

^37 (AE)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
    unless the Lord has commanded it?
^38 (AF)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that good and bad come?
^39 (AG)Why should a living man complain,
    a man, about the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us test and examine our ways,
    ^(AH)and return to the Lord!
^41 (AI)Let us lift up our hearts and hands
    to God in heaven:
^42 (AJ)“We have transgressed and ^(AK)rebelled,
    and you have not forgiven.

^55 (A)“I called on your name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;
^56 (B)you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
    your ear to my cry for help!’
^57 (C)You came near when I called on you;
    you said, ^(D)‘Do not fear!’

⁵⁸ “You have ^(E)taken up my cause, ^(F)O Lord;
    you have ^(G)redeemed my life.