55 Sinking to the darkest depths, I called upon Your name, O Lord! 56 Shut not Your ears: hear my voice, my plea, my entreaty! 57 Salvation was forthcoming as I called upon You. You said: Have no fear!
58 Taking up my cause, Lord, You redeemed my life. 59 Think of the wrongs my enemies have inflicted. Divine Judge, bring me justice! 60 Their vindictive plots against me surely do not escape Your attention.
61 Ugly invective and unsavory scheming against me: You have heard it all. 62 Uttering threats, my enemies plot against me all day long. 63 Unstinting, my foes’ every movement is orchestrated to harm me.
64 Vengeance Will be Yours, Lord. VeX them as befits their crimes. 65 Vouchsafe for them only heartache. Your curse be upon them! 66 Vanquish them! In Your Zealous wrath, root them out from under the very heavens of God!
CHAPTER 4
1 Alas! How can this be? That which was golden has grown tarnished. Once lustrous gold is dull and debased. Precious gems lie discarded in the gutter.
2 Beloved children of Zion – gold in their own right – Alas! They are now discounted as earthen shards, the leavings of some unknown artisan. How can this be?
3 Could jackals deny their young? Refuse to suckle their pups? Yet my once beautiful nation has descended into just such
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