Lamentations 3:52–66

⁵²Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause. ⁵³They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. ⁵⁴Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

⁵⁵I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit. ⁵⁶My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing—at my cry. ⁵⁷Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not. ⁵⁸Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life. ⁵⁹Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause. ⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me. ⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me, ⁶²The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day. ⁶³Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I am their song. ⁶⁴Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands. ⁶⁵Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them. ⁶⁶Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!

Chapter 4