Zion stretches out her hands; there is no one to comfort her. Yahweh has commanded against Jacob, [that] those surrounding him [should be] his enemies; Jerusalem has become a defilement among them.

"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches; pour out your heart like water, before the face of the Lord. Lift to him your hands, for the life of your children, who faint in starvation, at the head of all streets."

"Yahweh is my portion," says my soul, "Thus I will hope on him."

Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him.

Let him sit alone and be silent when he has laid it on him.

Let {him put} his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

Let him give a cheek to his smiter, let him be filled with disgrace.