Lamentations 3:52-66 ▼

52 Without cause, my enemies snared me as though I were a bird;

53 They tried to end my life in the pit, pelting me with stones.

54 The waters flowed over my head: and I said, “I am lost!”

55 I have called upon your name, O LORD, from the bottom of the pit;

56 You heard me call, “Do not let your ear be deaf to my cry for help.”

57 You drew near on the day I called you; you said, “Do not fear!”

58 You pleaded my case, Lord, you redeemed my life.

59 You see, LORD, how I am wronged; do me justice!

60 You see all their vindictiveness, all their plots against me.

61 You hear their reproach, LORD, all their plots against me,

62 The whispered murmurings of my adversaries, against me all day long;

63 Look! Whether they sit or stand, I am the butt of their taunt.

64 Give them what they deserve, LORD, according to their deeds;

65 Give them hardness of heart; your curse be upon them;

66 Pursue them in wrath and destroy them from under the LORD’s heaven!