44. By a cloud of fury too thick for our prayers to get through.
45. You have made us the refuse heap of the world.
46. “We are insulted and mocked by all our enemies.
47. We have been through disaster and ruin; we live in danger and fear.
48. My eyes flow with rivers of tears at the destruction of my people.
49. “My tears will pour out in a ceaseless stream
50. Until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees us.
51. My heart is grieved when I see what has happened to the women of the city.
52. “I was trapped like a bird by enemies who had no cause to hate me.
53. They threw me alive into a pit and closed the opening with a stone.
54. Water began to close over me, and I thought death was near.
55. “From the bottom of the pit, O Lord, I cried out to you,
56. And when I begged you to listen to my cry, you heard.
57. You answered me and told me not to be afraid.
58. “You came to my rescue, Lord, and saved my life.
59. Judge in my favour; you know the wrongs done against me.
60. You know how my enemies hate me and how they plot against me.