ע (Ayin)
1:16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes 1 flow with tears. 2
For there is no one in sight who can comfort me 3
or encourage me. 4
My children 5 are desolated 6
because an enemy has prevailed.
119:155 The wicked have no chance for deliverance, 7
for they do not seek your statutes.
38:17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. 8
You delivered me 9 from the pit of oblivion. 10
For you removed all my sins from your sight. 11
54:10 Even if the mountains are removed
and the hills displaced,
my devotion will not be removed from you,
nor will my covenant of friendship 12 be displaced,”
says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
59:11 We all growl like bears,
we coo mournfully like doves;
we wait for deliverance, 13 but there is none,
for salvation, but it is far from us.
8:15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it.
We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. 14
14:19 Then I said,
“Lord, 15 have you completely rejected the nation of Judah?
Do you despise 16 the city of Zion?
Why have you struck us with such force
that we are beyond recovery? 17
We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it.
We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror. 18
16:5 “Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 19 ‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, 20 my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it! 21