God's Word Translation

Lamentations 3:50-60 God's Word Translation (GW)

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.

57. Be close at hand when I call to you. You told me not to be afraid.

58. Plead my case for me, O Lord. Reclaim my life.

59. Look at the wrong that has been done to me, O Lord.Give me a fair verdict.

60. Look at all their malice, all their plots against me.