{Tet} Her skirts are defiled, she remembered not what would follow: therefore is her fall so great, and there is no man to comfort her. O LORD, consider my trouble, for my enemy hath the upper hand.

{Khaf} All her people seek their bread with heaviness, and look: what precious things every man hath, that giveth he for meat to save his life. Consider, O LORD, and see, how vile I am become.

How shall I solemnly admonish thee? What shall I liken to thee, thou daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with thee, that I may comfort thee, thou virgin, daughter of Zion? for, great as the sea, is thy grievous injury, Who can heal thee?

Your prophets look on your behalf; they see false and deceptive visions. They did not expose your sins in order to restore what had been captured. Instead, they crafted oracles for you that are false and misleading.

Yahweh hath done what he thought, hath carried out his word, wherewith he gave charge in the days of old, hath thrown down, and not spared, - Thus hath he let the enemy rejoice over thee, hath raised high the horn of thine adversaries.

My soul has been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is.

This is what comes to mind, and therefore I have hope:

Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.

What I see grieves my soul because of all the young women of my city.

Return to them what is deserved, O Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.