Lamentations 3:49-66

English Standard Version

^49 (A)“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
    without respite,
^50 (B)until the Lord from heaven
    looks down and sees;
⁵¹ my eyes cause me grief
    at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

^52 (C)“I have been hunted ^(D)like a bird
    by those who were my enemies ^(E)without cause;
^53 (F)they flung me alive into the pit^{[a]
    (G)}and cast stones on me;
^54 (H)water closed over my head;
    I said, ^(I)‘I am lost.’

^55 (J)“I called on your name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;
^56 (K)you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
    your ear to my cry for help!’
^57 (L)You came near when I called on you;
    you said, ^(M)‘Do not fear!’

⁵⁸ “You have ^(N)taken up my cause, ^(O)O Lord;
    you have ^(P)redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ You have seen the wrong done to me, ^(Q)O Lord;
    judge my cause.
⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance,
    all ^(R)their plots against me.

^61 (S)“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
    all ^(T)their plots against me.
⁶² The lips and thoughts ^(U)of my assailants
    are against me all the day long.
^63 (V)Behold their sitting and their rising;
    ^(W)I am the object of their taunts.

^64 (X)“You will repay them,^[b] O Lord,
    ^(Y)according to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ You will give them^[c] dullness of heart;
    your curse will be^[d] on them.
⁶⁶ You will pursue them^[e] in anger and ^(Z)destroy them
    from under ^(AA)your heavens, O Lord.”^[f]