Lamentations 3:52–66

⁵²Those who were my enemies for no reason at all

hunted me down as if I were a bird.

⁵³They tried to end my life

by throwing me into a deep pit.

They threw stones down at me.

⁵⁴The water rose and covered my head.

I thought I was going to die.

⁵⁵Lord, I called out to you.

I called out from the bottom of the pit.

⁵⁶I prayed, “Please don’t close your ears

to my cry for help.”

And you heard my appeal.

⁵⁷You came near when I called out to you.

You said, “Do not be afraid.”

⁵⁸Lord, you stood up for me in court.

You saved my life and set me free.

⁵⁹Lord, you have seen the wrong things

people have done to me.

Stand up for me again!

⁶⁰You have seen how my enemies

have tried to get even with me.

You know all about their plans against me.

⁶¹Lord, you have heard them laugh at me.

You know all about their plans against me.

⁶²You have heard my enemies

whispering among themselves.

They speak against me all day long.

⁶³Just look at them sitting and standing there!

They sing and make fun of me.

⁶⁴Lord, pay them back.

Punish them for what their hands have done.

⁶⁵Cover their minds with a veil.

Put a curse on them!

⁶⁶Lord, get angry with them and hunt them down.

Wipe them off the face of the earth.