“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”^[a](C)

⁹ for zeal for your house consumes me,^(A)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(B)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(J)

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled^(K) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.^(L)
He has overthrown you without pity,^(M)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,^(N)
    he has exalted the horn^[a] of your foes.^(O)

¹⁸ The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.^(P)
You walls of Daughter Zion,^(Q)
    let your tears^(R) flow like a river
    day and night;^(S)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.^(T)

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart^(U) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.^(V)
Lift up your hands^(W) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint^(X) from hunger
    at every street corner.

¹⁰ My bones suffer mortal agony^(A)
    as my foes taunt^(B) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(C)

⁸ Lord, I love^(A) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.^(B)