See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt this way?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?
Should priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

He is to sit apart and remain silent, because the LORD has laid it upon him.

He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Slaves, have ruled over us, There is none to set free from their hand.