But ¹  you blew with your breath, and ²  the sea covered them. They sank ³  like lead in the mighty waters.

I am not able to bear this entire people alone, ¹  because it ²  is too heavy for me!

He collaborated ¹  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ²  him. ³ 

But because it is heavier ¹  than the sand ²  of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. ³ 

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. ¹ 

He loads the clouds with moisture; ¹  he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? ¹ 

For your arrows pierce ¹  me, and your hand presses me down. ² 

For my sins overwhelm me; ¹  like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One ¹  might become inactive. ² 

It said: ¹  “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. ² 

Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? ¹  Your raging fury causes people to fear you. ² 

So he used suffering to humble them; ¹  they stumbled and no one helped them up.

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant ¹  he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

Anxiety ¹  in a person’s heart ²  weighs him down, ³  but an encouraging ⁴  word brings him joy. ⁵ 

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? ¹ 

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. ¹ 

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; ¹  they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³