¹³ But I, ^(A)when they were sick—
    I ^(B)wore sackcloth;
    I ^(C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^(D)with head bowed^[a] on my chest.

^5 (A)Is such the fast that I choose,
    ^(B)a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
    and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
    and a day acceptable to the Lord?