Lamentations 3:52-66 ▼

52 My enemies without reason Hunted me down like a bird;

53 They have silenced me in the pit And have thrown stones on me.

54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”

55 I called on Your name, LORD, Out of the lowest pit.

56 You have heard my voice, “Do not cover Your ear from my plea for relief, From my cry for help.”

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

58 Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause; You have redeemed my life.

59 LORD, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case.

60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

61 You have heard their reproach, LORD, All their schemes against me.

62 The lips of my assailants and their talk Are against me all day long.

63 Look at their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.

64 You will repay them, LORD, In accordance with the work of their hands.

65 You will give them shamelessness of heart, Your curse will be on them.

66 You will pursue them in anger and eliminate them From under the heavens of the LORD!