44. you have wrapped yourself with a cloudso that no prayer can pass through.
45. You have made us scum and garbageamong the peoples.
46. “All our enemiesopen their mouths against us;
47. panic and pitfall have come upon us,devastation and destruction;
48. my eyes flow with rivers of tearsbecause of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49. “My eyes will flow without ceasing,without respite,
50. until the Lord from heavenlooks down and sees;
51. my eyes cause me griefat the fate of all the daughters of my city.
52. “I have been hunted like a birdby those who were my enemies without cause;
53. they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
54. water closed over my head;I said, ‘I am lost.’
55. “I called on your name, O Lord,from the depths of the pit;
56. you heard my plea, ‘Do not closeyour ear to my cry for help!’
57. You came near when I called on you;you said, ‘Do not fear!’
58. “You have taken up my cause, O Lord;you have redeemed my life.