¹⁸ He would not let me catch my breath
    but would overwhelm me with misery.^(A)

²⁶ For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.^(A)

⁶ So look away from him and let him alone,^(A)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.^(B)

² “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,^(A)
    the Almighty,^(B) who has made my life bitter,^(C)

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(A) from your presence?