ר (Resh)
1:20 Look, O Lord! I am distressed; 1
my stomach is in knots! 2
My heart is pounding 3 inside me.
Yes, I was terribly rebellious! 4
Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; 5
Inside the house death is present. 6
ר (Resh)
2:20 Look, O Lord! Consider! 7
Whom have you ever afflicted 8 like this?
Should women eat their offspring, 9
their healthy infants? 10
Should priest and prophet
be killed in the Lord’s 11 sanctuary?
ז (Zayin)
3:19 Remember 12 my impoverished and homeless condition, 13
which is a bitter poison. 14
7:7 Remember 16 that my life is but a breath,
that 17 my eyes will never again 18 see happiness.
10:9 Remember that you have made me as with 19 the clay;
will 20 you return me to dust?
15:15 I said, 21
“Lord, you know how I suffer. 22
Take thought of me and care for me.
Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me.
Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me.
Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.
3:2 Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; 23
I am awed, 24 Lord, by what you accomplished. 25
In our time 26 repeat those deeds; 27
in our time reveal them again. 28
But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy! 29