²² In my alarm^(A) I said,
    “I am cut off^(B) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry^(C) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

⁷ “Will the Lord reject forever?^(A)
    Will he never show his favor^(B) again?
⁸ Has his unfailing love^(C) vanished forever?
    Has his promise^(D) failed for all time?
⁹ Has God forgotten to be merciful?^(E)
    Has he in anger withheld his compassion?^(F)”