^3 (A)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
^(B)“Where is your God?”

^10 (A)Why should the ^[a]nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

² Why should the ^[a]Gentiles say,
^(A)“So where is their God?”

¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
Weep ^(A)between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, ^(B)“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should ^[a]rule over them.
^(C)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”

^5 (A)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.

¹⁰ As with a ^[a]breaking of my bones,
My enemies ^[b]reproach me,
^(A)While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”

⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰ Then she who is my enemy will see,
And ^(A)shame will cover her who said to me,
^(B)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.

¹² And return to our neighbors ^(A)sevenfold into their bosom
^(B)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.