41. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:
42. We have sinned and rebelled;You have not forgiven.
43. You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;You have killed without compassion.
44. You have covered Yourself with a cloudso that no prayer can pass through.
45. You have made us disgusting filthamong the peoples.
46. All our enemiesopen their mouths against us.
47. We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction.
48. My eyes flow with streams of tearsbecause of the destruction of my dear people.
49. My eyes overflow unceasingly,without end,
50. until the Lord looks downfrom heaven and sees.
51. My eyes bring me griefbecause of the fate of all the women in my city.
52. For no apparent reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53. They dropped me alive into a pit and threw stones at me.
54. Water flooded over my head, and I thought: I’m going to die!