³ My ^(A)tears have been my food day and night,
While they ^(B)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

¹⁷ Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,
Weep ^(A)between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “^(B)Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not make Your inheritance a ^(C)reproach,
A byword among the nations.
Why should they among the peoples say,
‘^(D)Where is their God?’”