⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away;^(A)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.^(B)

³ After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.^(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.^(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her^(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

⁶ All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.^(A)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled^(B)
    before the pursuer.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter
    than eagles^(A) in the sky;
they chased us^(B) over the mountains
    and lay in wait for us in the desert.^(C)