38. God Most High commands both good and bad things to happen.
39. No one alive can complain when he punishes them for their sins.
40. Let us check and see what we have done. Then let us turn back to the Lord.
41. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to the God of heaven.
42. Let us say to him, “We have sinned and have been stubborn. Because of this, you have not forgiven us.
43. You wrapped yourself with anger. You chased us. You killed us without mercy!
44. You wrapped yourself in a cloud so that no prayer could get through.
45. You made us like garbage and dirt to the other nations.
46. All of our enemies speak angrily against us.
47. We have been frightened. We have fallen into a pit. We have been badly hurt. We have been broken.”
48. My eyes flow with streams of tears. I cry because of the destruction of my people.
49. My eyes will flow without stopping. I will keep on crying.
50. I will continue to cry until you look down and see us, Lord! I will continue to cry until you see us from heaven.
51. My eyes make me sad, when I see what happened to the young women in my city.