Zion spreads forth her hands; none is comforting to me; Jehovah has commanded concerning Jacob that his enemies should be all around him; Jerusalem has become as an impure thing among them.

Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.

Jehovah is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.

Jehovah is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

He sits alone and keeps silence because He laid it on him.

He gives his cheek to Him who strikes him; he is filled with reproach.