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How long must I lay up cares within me and have sorrow in my heart day after day? How long shall my enemy exalt himself over me?

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten the eyes [of my faith to behold Your face in the pitchlike darkness], lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed over him, and those that trouble me rejoice when I am shaken.

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How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(A)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(B)

Look on me(C) and answer,(D) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,(E) or I will sleep in death,(F)
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(G)
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(H)

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