¹⁰ Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;^(A)
my strength has failed
because of my iniquity,^[a]
and my bones waste away.^(B)

⁸ I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.^(A)

⁹ I say, “I won’t mention him
or speak any longer in his name.”^(A)
But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart,^(B)
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,^(C)
and I cannot prevail.