² My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.^(A)

² But your iniquities^(A) are separating you
from your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you^(B)
so that he does not listen.^(C)

⁴⁴ You have covered yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can get through.^(A)