⁴ These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:^(A)
how I used to go to the house of God^(B)
    under the protection of the Mighty One^[a]
with shouts of joy^(C) and praise^(D)
    among the festive throng.^(E)

² When I was in distress,^(A) I sought the Lord;
    at night^(B) I stretched out untiring hands,^(C)
    and I would not be comforted.^(D)

² My soul yearns,^(A) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.^(B)

² I pour out before him my complaint;^(A)
    before him I tell my trouble.^(B)