40. Let us search and examine our ways, And turn back to יהוה.
41. Let us lift our hearts and hands To Ěl in the heavens and say:
42. We, we have transgressed and rebelled. You, You have not forgiven.
43. You have wrapped Yourself With displeasure and pursued us. You have slain, You have not shown compassion.
44. You have wrapped Yourself With a cloud, so that prayer does not pass through.
45. You make us as scum and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
46. All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
47. Fear and a snare have come upon us, Shame and ruin.
48. Streams of water run down my eye For the ruin of the daughter of my people.
49. My eye flows out and does not cease, Without stopping,
50. Until יהוה looks down and sees from the heavens.
51. My eye pains my being Because of all the daughters of my city.
52. My enemies hunted me down Like a bird, without cause.
53. They have cut off my life in the pit, And they threw stones at me.