Lamentations 3:55-64

English Standard Version

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

⁵⁸ “You have ^(E)taken up my cause, ^(F)O Lord;
    you have ^(G)redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ You have seen the wrong done to me, ^(H)O Lord;
    judge my cause.
⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance,
    all ^(I)their plots against me.

^61 (J)“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
    all ^(K)their plots against me.
⁶² The lips and thoughts ^(L)of my assailants
    are against me all the day long.
^63 (M)Behold their sitting and their rising;
    ^(N)I am the object of their taunts.

^64 (O)“You will repay them,^[a] O Lord,
    ^(P)according to the work of their hands.