Lamentations 3:55-66

The Voice

⁵⁵ Saying Your name, Eternal One, I called to You
    from the darkness of this pit.
⁵⁶ Surely You’ve heard me say,
    “Don’t be deaf to my call; bring me relief!”
⁵⁷ So close when I’ve called out in my distress,
    You’ve whispered in my ear, “Do not be afraid.”

⁵⁸ Taking up my cause, Lord, You’ve been my champion.
    You’ve paid the price; You saved my life.
⁵⁹ Terrible things have been done to me. You’ve seen it, Eternal One.
    Judge my case with justice.
⁶⁰ Their abuses against me are not hidden from You.
    You’ve seen all the awful things my enemies determine to do to me.

⁶¹ Ugly words and uglier plans they have for me—
    You’ve heard it all, Eternal One.
⁶² Under their breath, my adversaries whispering about me,
    devising nasty schemes all the time.
⁶³ Unkind jokes at my expense,
    whether they’re sitting around or going to and fro.

⁶⁴ Villains You will return to their recompense,
    Eternal One, according to their deeds.
⁶⁵ Visit them with anguish and an insensitivity to Your words.
    Make Your curse fall hard on them.
⁶⁶ Vehemently pummel them. Chase them down, obliterate them
    from below the heavens of the Eternal, from the earth itself.