⁶ I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;^(A)
    turn your ear to me^(B) and hear my prayer.^(C)

⁶ In my distress^(A) I called to the Lord;^(B)
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;^(C)
    my cry came^(D) before him, into his ears.

¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish^(A)
    and my years by groaning;^(B)
my strength fails^(C) because of my affliction,^[a](D)
    and my bones grow weak.^(E)

²⁰ But the wicked will perish:^(A)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.^(B)