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)

¹⁸ Even the little boys^(A) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(B)

³ Bear with me while I speak,
    and after I have spoken, mock on.^(A)

30 “But now they mock me,^(A)
    men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to put with my sheep dogs.^(B)

⁹ “And now those young men mock me^(A) in song;^(B)
    I have become a byword^(C) among them.

¹³ Roaring lions^(A) that tear their prey^(B)
    open their mouths wide^(C) against me.

¹² Those who sit at the gate^(A) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(B)