⁷ It is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
    that shame has covered my face.^(A)
8 I have become a stranger to my kindred,
    an alien to my mother’s children.^(B)

³ But you, O Lord, know me;
    you see me and test me; my heart is with you.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for the day of slaughter.^(A)

¹² O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous;
    you see the heart and the mind;
let me see your retribution upon them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.^(A)