⁸ If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

¹¹ Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

¹² Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?

¹³ I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

¹⁴ If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

¹⁵ Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

¹⁶ Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?

⁸¹ <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.