(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

(Tsade) Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop!

(Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the Lord is disciplining him.

Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.

(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: