¹⁶ If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion^(A)
    and again display your awesome power against me.^(B)

¹² All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.^(A)
He has made me his target;^(B)

⁴ For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(A) on me;
my strength was sapped^(B)
    as in the heat of summer.^[a]

⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness;^(A)
    let the bones^(B) you have crushed rejoice.