⁶ I am worn out^(A) from my groaning.^(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(D)

¹⁰ Hear,^(A) Lord, and be merciful to me;^(B)
    Lord, be my help.^(C)”

¹⁸ I confess my iniquity;^(A)
    I am troubled by my sin.

¹⁷ It is not the dead^(A) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;