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

⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people;^(A)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(B)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹ My soul yearns for you in the night;^(A)
    in the morning my spirit longs^(B) for you.
When your judgments^(C) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.^(D)

¹¹ My eyes fail from weeping,^(A)
    I am in torment within^(B);
my heart^(C) is poured out^(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,^(E)
because children and infants faint^(F)
    in the streets of the city.

¹² They say to their mothers,
    “Where is bread and wine?”^(G)
as they faint like the wounded
    in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away^(H)
    in their mothers’ arms.^(I)