47. We have been frightened. We have fallen into a pit. We have been badly hurt. We have been broken.”
48. My eyes flow with streams of tears. I cry because of the destruction of my people.
49. My eyes will flow without stopping. I will keep on crying.
50. I will continue to cry until you look down and see us, Lord! I will continue to cry until you see us from heaven.
51. My eyes make me sad, when I see what happened to the young women in my city.
52. For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53. They threw me alive into a pit and then threw stones at me.
54. Water came up over my head. I said to myself, “I am finished.”
55. Lord, I called your name from the bottom of the pit.
56. You heard my voice. You didn’t close your ears. You didn’t refuse to rescue me.