{Mem} From above hath he sent down a fire into my bones: and it burned them cruelly. He hath laid a net for my feet, and thrown me wide open: he hath made me desolate, so that I must ever be mourning.

{Yod} The Senators of the daughter Zion sit upon the ground in silence: they have strawed ashes upon their heads, and girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

{Khaf} Mine eyes begin to fail me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the great hurt of my people, seeing the children and babes did swoon in the streets of the city.

{Samekh} All they that go by thee clap their hands at thee - hissing and wagging their heads upon the daughter Jerusalem - and say, "Is this the city that men call so fair, wherein the whole land rejoiceth?"

{Ayin} All thine enemies gape upon thee, whispering and biting their teeth, saying, "Let us devour, for the time that we looked for is come: we have found and seen it."

{Shin} Young and old lie behind the streets, upon the ground; my maidens and young men are slain with the sword: whom thou in the day of thy wrathful indignation hast put to death. Yea, even thou hast put them to death, and not spared them.

Against me only he turneth his hand, and layeth it ever upon me.

{Gimel} He hath so hedged me in, that I cannot get out; and hath laid heavy links upon me.

I am laughed to scorn of all my people; they make songs upon me all the day long.

O how good is it, for a man, to take the yoke upon him from his youth up?

He layeth his face upon the earth, if, percase, there happen to be any hope.

{Nun} Let us look well upon our own ways, and remember ourselves, and turn again to the LORD.

{Ayin} All our enemies gape upon us.

Fear and snare is come upon us; yea, despite and destruction.

They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.

They poured water upon my head, then thought I, "Now am I undone."

{Kuf} I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the deep pit.

Thou hast inclined thyself unto me, when I called upon thee, and haste said, "Fear not."

O LORD, thou hast seen my blasphemers; take thou my cause upon thee.

{Ayin} The countenance of the LORD hath banished them, and shall never look more upon them: For they themselves neither regarded the priests, nor pitied the elders.

{Pe} Wherefore yet our eyes fail us, while we look for vain help: seeing we be ever waiting upon a people that can do us no good.

{Tsadi} They lay so sharp wait for us, that we can not go safe upon the streets: for our end is come, our days are fulfilled, our end is here.

{Kuf} Our persecutors are swifter than the Eagles of the air, they followed upon us over the mountains, and laid wait for us in the wilderness.

they have taken young men's lives from them, and the boys are hanged up upon trees.

because of the hill of Zion that is destroyed: Insomuch that the foxes run upon it.