² "Even today is my complaint rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

¹ "My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

² "Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore have my words been rash.

¹¹ "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

⁶ That he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

⁴ For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.

² In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

³ I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

⁴ You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

⁵ I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.

⁶ I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; My spirit diligently inquires:

⁷ "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?

⁸ Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?

⁹ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah.

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰ My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.