³ Yet you are ^(E)holy,
    ^(F)enthroned on ^(G)the praises^[a] of Israel.
⁴ In you our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
⁵ To you they ^(H)cried and were rescued;
    in you they ^(I)trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶ But I am ^(J)a worm and not a man,
    ^(K)scorned by mankind and ^(L)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(M)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they ^(N)wag their heads;
^8 (O)“He trusts in the Lord; let him ^(P)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he ^(Q)delights in him!”

⁹ Yet you are he who ^(R)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
¹⁰ On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from ^(S)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹ Be not ^(T)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(U)none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(V)strong bulls of ^(W)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(X)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(Y)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(Z)out of joint;
my ^(AA)heart is like ^(AB)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(AC)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(AD)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(AE)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(AF)encircles me;
they have ^(AG)pierced my hands and feet^[b]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(AH)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (AI)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(AJ)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(AK)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(AL)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(AM)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[c] me from the horns of ^(AN)the wild oxen!

^22 (AO)I will tell of your name to my ^(AP)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(AQ)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(AR)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(AS)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(AT)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(AU)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(AV)congregation;
    my ^(AW)vows I will ^(AX)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (AY)The afflicted^[d] shall ^(AZ)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(BA)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(BB)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(BC)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(BD)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(BE)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(BF)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(BG)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(BH)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(BI)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(BJ)unborn,
    that he has done it.

² The Lord ^(D)has swallowed up ^(E)without mercy
    all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath ^(F)he has broken down
    the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought ^(G)down to the ground ^(H)in dishonor
    the kingdom ^(I)and its rulers.

³ He has cut down in ^(J)fierce anger
    all ^(K)the might of Israel;
^(L)he has withdrawn from them his right hand
    in the face of the enemy;
^(M)he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,
    consuming all around.

^4 (N)He has bent his bow like an enemy,
    with his right hand set ^(O)like a foe;
and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes
    in the tent of the daughter of Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.

^5 (P)The Lord has become like an enemy;
    ^(Q)he has swallowed up Israel;
^(R)he has swallowed up all its palaces;
    he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
    ^(S)mourning and lamentation.

⁶ He has laid waste his booth like a garden,
    laid in ruins ^(T)his meeting place;
^(U)the Lord has made Zion forget
    festival and ^(V)Sabbath,
and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

^7 (W)The Lord has scorned his altar,
    ^(X)disowned his sanctuary;
^(Y)he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
    the walls of her palaces;
^(Z)they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of festival.

^8 (AA)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    ^(AB)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
^(AC)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^(AD)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    ^(AE)they languished together.

⁹ Her gates have sunk into the ground;
    ^(AF)he has ruined ^(AG)and broken her bars;
^(AH)her king and princes are among the nations;
    the law is no more,
and ^(AI)her prophets find
    no vision from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion
    ^(AJ)sit on the ground ^(AK)in silence;
^(AL)they have thrown dust on their heads
    and ^(AM)put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.

^11 (AN)My eyes are spent with weeping;
    ^(AO)my stomach churns;
^(AP)my bile is poured out to the ground
    ^(AQ)because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
^(AR)because infants and babies ^(AS)faint
    in the streets of the city.

¹² They cry to their mothers,
    ^(AT)“Where is bread and wine?”
^(AU)as they faint like a wounded man
    in the streets of the city,
as their life is poured out
    on their mothers' bosom.

¹³ What can I say for you, ^(AV)to what compare you,
    O daughter of Jerusalem?
^(AW)What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
    O virgin daughter of Zion?
^(AX)For your ruin is vast as the sea;
    who can heal you?

^14 (AY)Your prophets have seen for you
    false and deceptive visions;
^(AZ)they have not exposed your iniquity
    to ^(BA)restore your fortunes,
^(BB)but have seen for you ^(BC)oracles
    that are false and misleading.

¹⁵ All who pass along the way
    clap their hands at you;
^(BD)they hiss and wag their heads
    at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
    ^(BE)the perfection of beauty,
    ^(BF)the joy of all the earth?”

^16 (BG)All your enemies
    rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
    they cry: “We ^(BH)have swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
    now we have it; ^(BI)we see it!”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he purposed;
    he has carried out ^(BJ)his word,
which he commanded ^(BK)long ago;
    ^(BL)he has thrown down ^(BM)without pity;
^(BN)he has made the enemy rejoice over you
    and exalted the ^(BO)might of your foes.

¹⁸ Their heart cried to the Lord.
    O ^(BP)wall of the daughter of Zion,
^(BQ)let tears stream down like a torrent
    ^(BR)day and night!
^(BS)Give yourself no rest,
    ^(BT)your eyes no respite!

¹⁹ “Arise, ^(BU)cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the night watches!
^(BV)Pour out your heart like water
    before the presence of the Lord!
^(BW)Lift your hands to him
    for the lives of your children,
^(BX)who faint for hunger
    at the head of every street.”

²⁰ Look, O Lord, and see!
    ^(BY)With whom have you dealt thus?
^(BZ)Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
    the children of ^(CA)their tender care?
Should ^(CB)priest and prophet be killed
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?

²¹ In the dust of the streets
    ^(CC)lie the young and the old;
^(CD)my young women and my young men
    have fallen by the sword;
^(CE)you have killed them in the day of your anger,
    slaughtering ^(CF)without pity.

²² You summoned as if to ^(CG)a festival day
    ^(CH)my terrors on every side,
^(CI)and on the day of the anger of the Lord
    no one escaped or survived;
^(CJ)those whom I held and raised
    my enemy destroyed.