⁸ Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.^(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach^(B) all day long.

⁹ But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”^(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,^(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;^(C)
    indeed, I cannot.