Lamentations 4:17-20 - The People Of Zion Speak Out
17 Ain As for us, our eyes have failed in seeking our vain help; in our watching we have watched for people that cannot save us.
18 Tzaddi They hunt our steps that we cannot walk in our streets; our end came near; our days were fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Koph Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they pursued us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 Resh The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we had said, Under his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.