²¹ “Although I am blameless,^(A)
    I have no concern for myself;^(B)
    I despise my own life.^(C)

⁷ though you know that I am not guilty^(A)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?^(B)

² “Are all these words to go unanswered?^(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?^(B)

⁴ “I have become a laughingstock^(A) to my friends,^(B)
    though I called on God and he answered^(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(D)