36 Laxity in defense of justice? These the Lord will not abide.
37 Man’ s plans will come to naught, unless the Lord ordains it. 38 Misfortune and success alike emanate from the divine will. 39 Misguided are our grievances. Let us regret only our own sins.
40 Note well and thoughtfully our ways: let us turn back to the Lord. 41 Not our hands but our hearts we must lift up to God in Heaven. 42 Noxious sins we have committed, and You have not forgiven us.
43 Openly pursuing us, and cloaked in anger, You have slain without mercy. 44 Obscuring Yourself as in a cloud, You remain impervious to our pleas. 45 Objects of disgust and revulsion have You made us among the nations.
46 Perpetually, our enemies decry us. 47 Panic and peril are our lot, insecurity and instability. 48 Pools of water issue from my eyes at the downfall of my beautiful people.
49 Quailing and crying without end, I find no relief. 50 Quietude eludes me. May God in Heaven look upon my plight. 51 Quaking with grief, I see all that has befallen the daughters of my people.
52 Relentlessly my foes hunt me, as those who stalk a game bird. 53 Relegating my life to the pit, they hurled rocks at me. 54 Rising waters engulfed me; I was sure I was finished.
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