61 You have heard their (A)reproach, Lord,
All their schemes against me.
62 The (B)lips of my assailants and their talk
Are against me all day long.
63 Look at their [a](C)sitting and their rising;
(D)I am their mocking song.
64 You will (E)repay them, Lord,
In accordance with the work of their hands.
65 You will give them [b](F)shamelessness of heart,
Your curse will be on them.
66 You will (G)pursue them in anger and eliminate them
From under the (H)heavens of the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:63 I.e., daily activities
  2. Lamentations 3:65 Or insanity

61 Lord, you have heard their insults,(A)
    all their plots against me—
62 what my enemies whisper and mutter
    against me all day long.(B)
63 Look at them! Sitting or standing,
    they mock me in their songs.(C)

64 Pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
    for what their hands have done.(D)
65 Put a veil over their hearts,(E)
    and may your curse be on them!
66 Pursue(F) them in anger and destroy them
    from under the heavens of the Lord.

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