Lamentations 3:52-66 ▼

52 For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

53 They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

54 The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

55 I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.

56 You heard my plea: |Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!|

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

58 O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.

59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; pronounce judgment on my behalf!

60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

61 You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.

62 My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

63 Watch them from morning to evening; I am the object of their mocking songs.

64 Pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to what they have done.

65 Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

66 Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the LORD's heaven.