⁶ I am weary with my moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.

⁹ O Lord, all my longing is known to you;
    my sighing is not hidden from you.^(A)

¹⁸ Cry aloud^[a] to the Lord!
    O wall of daughter Zion!
Let tears stream down like a torrent
    day and night!
Give yourself no rest,
    your eyes no respite!^(A)

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water
    before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint for hunger
    at the head of every street.^(B)

¹¹ My eyes are spent with weeping;
    my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out on the ground
    because of the destruction of my people,^[a]
because infants and babes faint
    in the streets of the city.^(A)

¹⁶ For these things I weep;
    my eyes^[a] flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
    one to revive my courage;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.^(A)

² She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
among all her lovers,
    she has no one to comfort her;
all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.^(A)

³ For my days pass away like smoke,
    and my bones burn like a furnace.^(A)
4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass;
    I am too wasted to eat my bread.^(B)
5 Because of my loud groaning,
    my bones cling to my skin.^(C)