37  ^eWho has spoken and it came to pass,

unless the Lord has commanded it?

38  ^fIs it not from the mouth of the Most High

that good and bad come?

39  ^gWhy should a living man complain,

a man, about the punishment of his sins?

40  Let us test and examine our ways,

^hand return to the Lord!

41  ⁱLet us lift up our hearts and hands

to God in heaven:

42  ^j“We have transgressed and ^krebelled,

and you have not forgiven.

43  “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,

^lkilling without pity;

44  ^myou have wrapped yourself with a cloud

so that no prayer can pass through.

45  ⁿYou have made us scum and garbage

among the peoples.

46  ^o“All our enemies

open their mouths against us;

47  ^ppanic and pitfall have come upon us,

devastation and ^qdestruction;

48  ^rmy eyes flow with rivers of tears

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49  ^r“My eyes will flow without ceasing,

without respite,

50  ^suntil the Lord from heaven

looks down and sees;

51  my eyes cause me grief

at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

52  ^t“I have been hunted ^ulike a bird

by those who were my enemies ^vwithout cause;

53  ^wthey flung me alive into the pit¹

^xand cast stones on me;

54  ^ywater closed over my head;

I said, ^z‘I am lost.’

55  ^a“I called on your name, O Lord,

from the depths of the pit;

56  ^byou heard my plea, ‘Do not close

your ear to my cry for help!’

57  ^cYou came near when I called on you;

you said, ^d‘Do not fear!’

58  “You have ^etaken up my cause, ^fO Lord;

you have ^eredeemed my life.