¹³⁶ My eyes ^[a]shed ^(A)streams of water,
Because they ^(B)do not keep Your law.

¹⁸ Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,
That our ^(A)eyes may shed tears
And our eyelids flow with water.

¹⁶ For these things I ^(A)am weeping;
^[a]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a ^(B)comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

¹¹ My ^(A)eyes fail because of tears;
My ^[a](B)inmost being is greatly disturbed;
My ^[b](C)heart is poured out on the earth
^(D)Because of the ^[c]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When ^(E)infants and nursing babies faint
In the open squares of the city.

¹⁸ Their ^(A)heart cried out to the Lord,
“O ^(B)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your ^(C)tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Let ^[a]your eyes not be still.