⁶ I am worn out^(A) from my groaning.^(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(D)

³ I remembered^(E) you, God, and I groaned;^(F)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.^[a](G)
4 You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.^(H)
5 I thought about the former days,^(I)
    the years of long ago;
⁶ I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(A)
No one is near to comfort^(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(C)