43. You have covered Yourself with wrath and pursued and afflicted us; You have slain without pity.
44. You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
45. You have made us offscouring and refuse among the nations.
46. All our enemies have gaped at us and railed against us.
47. Fear and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
48. My eyes overflow with streams of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49. My eyes overflow continually and will not cease
50. Until the Lord looks down and sees from heaven.
51. My eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the maidens [and the daughter-towns] of my city [Jerusalem].
52. I have been hunted down like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause.
53. They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me. [Jer. 38.]
54. The waters ran down on my head; I said, I am gone.
55. I called upon Your name, O Lord, out of the depths [of the mire] of the dungeon. [Jer. 38:6.]
56. You heard my voice [then]: [Oh] hide not Your ear [now] at my prayer for relief.
57. You drew near on the day I called to You; You said, Fear not. [James 4:8.]