²¹ When you did these things and I kept silent,^(A)
    you thought I was exactly^[a] like you.
But I now arraign^(B) you
    and set my accusations^(C) before you.

¹⁴ “For a long time I have kept silent,^(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(C)

¹² After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^(A)
    Will you keep silent^(B) and punish us beyond measure?

⁶ “See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent^(A) but will pay back^(B) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps^(C)—