41. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
42. “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.
43. “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
44. You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
45. You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46. “All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.