⁷ “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;^(A)
    though I call for help,^(B) there is no justice.^(C)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(D)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(E)
9 He has stripped^(F) me of my honor^(G)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(H)
10 He tears me down^(I) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(J) like a tree.^(K)
11 His anger^(L) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.^(M)
12 His troops advance in force;^(N)
    they build a siege ramp^(O) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(P)

²³ “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,^(A)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool^(B) on^[a] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!^(C)
25 I know that my redeemer^[b](D) lives,^(E)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.^[c]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[d] in^[e] my flesh I will see God;^(F)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(G)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(H) within me!

² “Even today my complaint^(A) is bitter;^(B)
    his hand^[a] is heavy in spite of^[b] my groaning.^(C)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(D)
4 I would state my case^(E) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(F)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,^(G)
    and consider what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he vigorously oppose me?^(H)
    No, he would not press charges against me.^(I)
7 There the upright^(J) can establish their innocence before him,^(K)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(L)

⁸ “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.
⁹ When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.^(M)
10 But he knows the way that I take;^(N)
    when he has tested me,^(O) I will come forth as gold.^(P)