{Ayin} Therefore do I weep, and mine eyes gush out of water: for the comforter that should quicken me is far from me. My children are driven away. For why? The enemy hath gotten the over hand.

{ Res} Behold, O LORD, and consider: why hast thou gathered me up so clean? Shall the women then eat their own fruit; even children of a span long? Shall the priests and prophets be slain thus in the Sanctuary of the LORD?

Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim:

Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?