40  Let us test and examine our ways,

and ^ureturn to the Lord!

41  Let us lift up our ^vhearts and ^whands

to God in heaven:

42  “We have transgressed and rebelled,

and you have not forgiven.

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

killing without pity;

44  you have wrapped yourself with a ^xcloud

so that no prayer can pass through.

45  You have made us ^yscum and garbage

among the peoples.

46  ^z“All our enemies

open their mouths against us;

47  ^apanic and pitfall have come upon us,

^bdevastation and destruction;

48  my eyes flow with rivers of tears

^cbecause of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49  “My eyes will flow without ceasing,

without respite,

50  until the Lord from heaven

^dlooks down and sees;

51  my eyes cause me grief

at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

52  “I have been hunted like a bird

by those who were my enemies ^ewithout cause;

53  they flung me alive ^finto the pit¹

and cast stones on me;

54  ^gwater closed over my head;

I said, ‘I am lost.’

55  “I called on your name, O Lord,

^hfrom the depths of the pit;

56  you heard my plea, ‘Do not close

your ear to my cry for help!’

57  You ⁱcame near when I called on you;

you said, ‘Do not fear!’

58  “You have ^jtaken up my cause, O Lord;

you have redeemed my life.

59  You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord;

judge my cause.

60  You have seen all their vengeance,

all their ^kplots against me.

61  “You have heard their taunts, O Lord,

all their plots against me.

62  The lips and thoughts of my assailants

are against me all the day long.

63  Behold their sitting and their rising;

I am the object of their ^ltaunts.

64  “You will repay them,² O Lord,

according to the work of their hands.

65  You will give them³ dullness of heart;

your curse will be⁴ on them.

66  You will pursue them⁵ in anger and destroy them

from under your heavens, O Lord.”⁶