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I could encourage you with my mouth,
    and my quivering lips could ease your pain.
If I speak, my pain is not eased.
    If I stop talking, how much of it will go away?

“But now, God has worn me out.
    You, God, have destroyed everyone who supports me.

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But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort(A) from my lips would bring you relief.(B)

“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(C)
Surely, God, you have worn me out;(D)
    you have devastated my entire household.(E)

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