40  Let us test and examine our ways,

^hand return to the Lord!

41  ⁱLet us lift up our hearts and hands

to God in heaven:

42  ^j“We have transgressed and ^krebelled,

and you have not forgiven.

43  “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,

^lkilling without pity;

44  ^myou have wrapped yourself with a cloud

so that no prayer can pass through.

45  ⁿYou have made us scum and garbage

among the peoples.

46  ^o“All our enemies

open their mouths against us;

47  ^ppanic and pitfall have come upon us,

devastation and ^qdestruction;

48  ^rmy eyes flow with rivers of tears

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49  ^r“My eyes will flow without ceasing,

without respite,

50  ^suntil the Lord from heaven

looks down and sees;

51  my eyes cause me grief

at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

52  ^t“I have been hunted ^ulike a bird

by those who were my enemies ^vwithout cause;

53  ^wthey flung me alive into the pit

^xand cast stones on me;

54  ^ywater closed over my head;

I said, ^z‘I am lost.’

55  ^a“I called on your name, O Lord,

from the depths of the pit;

56  ^byou heard my plea, ‘Do not close

your ear to my cry for help!’

57  ^cYou came near when I called on you;

you said, ^d‘Do not fear!’

58  “You have ^etaken up my cause, ^fO Lord;

you have ^eredeemed my life.

59  You have seen the wrong done to me, ^gO Lord;

judge my cause.

60  You have seen all their vengeance,

all ^htheir plots against me.

61  ⁱ“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,

all ^htheir plots against me.

62  The lips and thoughts ^jof my assailants

are against me all the day long.

63  ^kBehold their sitting and their rising;

^lI am the object of their taunts.

64  ^m“You will repay them,¹ O Lord,

ⁿaccording to the work of their hands.

65  You will give them² dullness of heart;

your curse will be³ on them.

66  You will pursue them⁴ in anger and ^odestroy them

from under ^pyour heavens, O Lord.”⁵