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.
52. For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53. They threw me alive into a pit and then threw stones at me.
54. Water came up over my head. I said to myself, “I am finished.”