Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return their reproach upon their own heads, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,

and do not cover [their] iniquity.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze [it], raze [it], even to its foundations.

Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.

Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that have not known You, and upon the families that have not called upon Your name; for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.

And You, O Lord, know all their deadly counsel against me: provide no atonement for their iniquities, and do not blot out their sins from before You. Let their weakness come before You; deal with them in the time of Your wrath.

My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Zion say; and my blood [shall be] upon the Chaldeans dwelling [there], shall Jerusalem say.

For if they do these things in the green tree, what will happen in the dry?"

And they cried [with] a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, do You not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

MEM. He has sent fire from His lofty habitation, He has brought it into my bones: He has spread a net for my feet, He has turned me back: He has made me desolate and mourning all the day.

For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened.

Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.

Therefore I beseech [you] not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.