And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping Your covenant and Your mercy, let not all this trouble seem little in Your sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria even to this day.

Remember then that my life is breath, and my eye shall not yet again see good.

Remember what my being is; for have You created all the sons of men in vain?

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;

A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, and all his meekness:

BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me.

VAU. He has filled me with bitterness, He has drenched me with gall.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall: