²⁴ For sighing^(A) has become my daily food;^(B)
    my groans^(C) pour out like water.^(D)

² “Even today my complaint^(A) is bitter;^(B)
    his hand^[a] is heavy in spite of^[b] my groaning.^(C)

⁵ “Because the poor are plundered^(A) and the needy groan,^(B)
    I will now arise,^(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them^(D) from those who malign them.”

³ I remembered^(A) you, God, and I groaned;^(B)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.^[a](C)

⁵ In my distress I groan aloud^(A)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.