¹³ But as for me, ^(A)when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own ^[a]heart.

⁵ Is ^(A)it a fast that I have chosen,
^(B)A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And ^(C)to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord?