Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be around him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.