² She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
among all her lovers,
    she has no one to comfort her;
all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.^(B)

³ Judah has gone into exile with suffering
    and hard servitude;
she lives now among the nations;
    she finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.^(C)

⁴ The roads to Zion mourn,
    for no one comes to the festivals;
all her gates are desolate;
    her priests groan;
her young girls grieve,^[a]
    and her lot is bitter.^(D)

⁵ Her foes have become the masters;
    her enemies prosper
because the Lord has made her suffer
    for the multitude of her transgressions;
her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.^(E)

⁶ From daughter Zion has departed
    all her majesty.
Her princes have become like stags
    that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
    before the pursuer.^(F)

¹⁹ The thought of my affliction and my homelessness
    is wormwood and gall!^(A)
20 My soul continually thinks of it
    and is bowed down within me.^(B)
21 But this I call to mind,
    and therefore I have hope:

²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,^[a]
    his mercies never come to an end;^(C)
23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.^(D)
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”^(E)

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul that seeks him.^(F)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.^(G)