¹⁴ But Zion^(A) said, “The Lord has forsaken^(B) me,
    the Lord has forgotten me.”

²⁷ Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?^(A)

²⁰ Why do you always forget us?^(A)
    Why do you forsake^(B) us so long?

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(A) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(B)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(C)
    and reduced his strongholds^(D) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(E) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(F)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(G)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(H)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(I) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(J)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(K)

⁶ I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

⁷ “Will the Lord reject forever?^(A)
    Will he never show his favor^(B) again?
⁸ Has his unfailing love^(C) vanished forever?
    Has his promise^(D) failed for all time?
⁹ Has God forgotten to be merciful?^(E)
    Has he in anger withheld his compassion?^(F)”

²² In my alarm^(A) I said,
    “I am cut off^(B) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry^(C) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.