18 Cry aloudi to the Lord!

Oj daughter of Zion!

Let tears stream down like a torrent

day and night!

Give yourself no rest,

your eyes no respite!

19 Arise, cry out in the night,

at the beginning of the watches!

Pour out your heart like water

before the presence of the Lord!

Lift your hands to him

for the lives of your children,

who faint for hunger

at the head of every street.