English Standard Version

Lamentations 3:49-55 English Standard Version (ESV)

49. “My eyes will flow without ceasing,without respite,

50. until the Lord from heavenlooks down and sees;

51. my eyes cause me griefat the fate of all the daughters of my city.

52. “I have been hunted like a birdby those who were my enemies without cause;

53. they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;

54. water closed over my head;I said, ‘I am lost.’

55. “I called on your name, O Lord,from the depths of the pit;