Lamentations 3:52-66 ▼

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

53 They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.

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

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

56 Thou hast heard my voice, “Do not hide Thine ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.”

57 Thou didst draw near when I called on Thee; Thou didst say, “Do not fear!”

58 O Lord, Thou didst plead my soul’s cause; Thou hast redeemed my life.

59 O LORD, Thou hast seen my oppression; Judge my case.

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me.

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

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

64 Thou wilt recompense them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.

65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse will be on them.

66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD!