Lamentations 3:52-66 ▼

52 Hunting—my enemies have hunted me without cause like the bird.

53 They have cut off my life in a pit, || And they cast a stone against me.

54 Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

55 I called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit.

56 You have heard my voice, do not hide Your ear at my breathing—at my cry.

57 You have drawn near in the day I call You, You have said, Do not fear.

58 You have pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, || You have redeemed my life.

59 You have seen, O YHWH, my overthrow, || Judge my cause.

60 You have seen all their vengeance, || All their thoughts of me.

61 You have heard their reproach, O YHWH, || All their thoughts against me,

62 The lips of my withstanders, || Even their meditation against me all the day.

63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, || Behold attentively, I [am] their song.

64 You return to them the deed, O YHWH, || According to the work of their hands.

65 You give to them a covered heart, || Your curse to them.

66 You pursue in anger, and destroy them, || From under the heavens of YHWH!