40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,(C) and say:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled(D)
    and you have not forgiven.(E)

43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued(F) us;
    you have slain without pity.(G)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud(H)
    so that no prayer(I) can get through.(J)
45 You have made us scum(K) and refuse
    among the nations.

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide(L) against us.(M)
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls,(N)
    ruin and destruction.(O)
48 Streams of tears(P) flow from my eyes(Q)
    because my people are destroyed.(R)

49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,(S)
50 until the Lord looks down
    from heaven and sees.(T)
51 What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

52 Those who were my enemies without cause
    hunted me like a bird.(U)
53 They tried to end my life in a pit(V)
    and threw stones at me;
54 the waters closed over my head,(W)
    and I thought I was about to perish.(X)

55 I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths(Y) of the pit.(Z)
56 You heard my plea:(AA) “Do not close your ears
    to my cry for relief.”
57 You came near(AB) when I called you,
    and you said, “Do not fear.”(AC)

58 You, Lord, took up my case;(AD)
    you redeemed my life.(AE)

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