I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, {and} I cried in the congregation.

I behaved myself as though {he had been} my friend {or} brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth {for his} mother. {behaved myself: Heb. walked} {as though...: Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me}

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For thou {art} the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all {those that be} bowed down.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and {why} art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him {for} the help of his countenance. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen {themselves}. Selah.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Like a crane {or} a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail {with looking} upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. {undertake...: or, ease me}

The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all {those that be} bowed down.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}

For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, {and} I cried in the congregation.

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up {herself}.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and {why} art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him {for} the help of his countenance. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}

I behaved myself as though {he had been} my friend {or} brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth {for his} mother. {behaved myself: Heb. walked} {as though...: Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me}