Lamentations 3:39–51

39 Why should any living 1mortal, or any man,

Offer acomplaint 2in view of his sins?

40 Let us aexamine and probe our ways,

And let us return to the Lord.

41 We alift up our heart 1and hands

Toward God in heaven;

42 We have atransgressed and rebelled,

You have bnot pardoned.

43 You have covered Yourself with aanger

And bpursued us;

You have slain and chave not spared.

44 You have acovered Yourself with a cloud

So that bno prayer can pass through.

45 You have made us mere aoffscouring and refuse

In the midst of the peoples.

46 All our enemies have aopened their mouths against us.

47 aPanic and pitfall have befallen us,

Devastation and destruction;

48 My 1aeyes run down with streams of water

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 My eyes pour down aunceasingly,

Without stopping,

50 Until the Lord alooks down

And sees from heaven.

51 My eyes bring pain to my soul

Because of all the daughters of my city.