38. Both good and bad come from the mouth of the Most High God.
39. “Why should any living mortal (any person)complain about being punished for sin?
40. Let us look closely at our ways and examine themand then return to the Lord.
41. Let us raise our hearts and hands to God in heaven.
42. “We have been disobedient and rebellious.You haven’t forgiven us.
43. You covered yourself with anger and pursued us.You killed without pity.
44. You covered yourself with a cloudso that no prayer could get through it.
45. You made us the scum and trash of the nations.
46. All our enemies gawk at us.
47. Panic and pitfalls have found us, so have devastation and destruction.
48. “Streams of tears run down from my eyesover the ruin of my dear people.
49. My eyes will keep flowing without stopping for a moment
50. until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
51. What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeplybecause of all the young women in my city.
52. “Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird.
53. They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.
54. Water flowed over my head. I thought I was finished.
55. “I call your name from the deepest pit, O Lord.
56. Listen to my cry ⌊for help⌋.Don’t close your ears when I cry out for relief.