⁵ My wounds^(G) fester and are loathsome^(H)
because of my sinful folly.^(I)
6 I am bowed down^(J) and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.^(K)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;^(L)
there is no health^(M) in my body.
⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;^(N)
I groan^(O) in anguish of heart.^(P)

⁹ All my longings^(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing^(R) is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart pounds,^(S) my strength fails^(T) me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.^(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(V)
my neighbors stay far away.
¹² Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(W)
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(X)
all day long they scheme and lie.^(Y)

¹³ I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(Z)
like the mute, who cannot speak;
¹⁴ I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵ Lord, I wait^(AA) for you;
you will answer,^(AB) Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, “Do not let them gloat^(AC)
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”^(AD)

¹⁷ For I am about to fall,^(AE)
and my pain^(AF) is ever with me.
¹⁸ I confess my iniquity;^(AG)
I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹ Many have become my enemies^(AH) without cause^[b];
those who hate me^(AI) without reason^(AJ) are numerous.
²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil^(AK)
lodge accusations^(AL) against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.

²¹ Lord, do not forsake me;^(AM)
do not be far^(AN) from me, my God.
²² Come quickly^(AO) to help me,^(AP)
my Lord and my Savior.^(AQ)

⁸ The Lord determined to tear down
the wall around Daughter Zion.^(A)
He stretched out a measuring line^(B)
and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts^(C) and walls lament;
together they wasted away.^(D)

⁹ Her gates^(E) have sunk into the ground;
their bars^(F) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled^(G) among the nations,
the law^(H) is no more,
and her prophets^(I) no longer find
visions^(J) from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;^(K)
they have sprinkled dust^(L) on their heads^(M)
and put on sackcloth.^(N)
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.^(O)

¹¹ My eyes fail from weeping,^(P)
I am in torment within^(Q);
my heart^(R) is poured out^(S) on the ground
because my people are destroyed,^(T)
because children and infants faint^(U)
in the streets of the city.

¹² They say to their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?”^(V)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away^(W)
in their mothers’ arms.^(X)

¹³ What can I say for you?^(Y)
With what can I compare you,
Daughter^(Z) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
that I may comfort you,
Virgin Daughter Zion?^(AA)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.^(AB)
Who can heal you?

¹⁴ The visions of your prophets
were false^(AC) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
to ward off your captivity.^(AD)
The prophecies they gave you
were false and misleading.^(AE)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
clap their hands at you;^(AF)
they scoff^(AG) and shake their heads^(AH)
at Daughter Jerusalem:^(AI)
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,^(AJ)
the joy of the whole earth?”^(AK)

⁵⁵ “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”^[b](I)