² Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,^(A)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,^(B)
3 so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.^(C)
4 When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’^(D)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.^(E)