Lamentations 3:55-66

55I shouted your name, Lord, when I was in the well.

56‘Please listen to me, Lord,’ I shouted. ‘Help me! Save me!’ I shouted, and you heard me.

57You came near to me when I prayed to you. ‘Do not be afraid,’ you said.

58Lord, you have given me help. You have paid the price to keep me alive.

59You saw the bad things that they did to me. So please agree with me that they were not fair!

60You know all the bad things that they did to me. And you know about all the bad things that they want to do to me.

61You have heard their cruel words against me, Lord. Yes, you know about all the bad things that they want to do to me.

62These people have been cruel to me. They attack me with cruel words every hour of the day.

63Look at them as they sing cruel things about me. They sing when they are sitting, and they sing when they are standing.

64Punish them for what they have done, Lord.

65Cause them to think that they cannot hope for anything good. Cause bad things to happen to them.

66Run after them angrily. Kill them all because you are angry with them. Let nobody on earth remember them any longer.