wed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

3:55. Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

3:56. Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my
sighs, and cries.

3:57. Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou
saidst: Fear not.

3:58. Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the
Redeemer of my life.

3:59. Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou
my judgment.

3:60. Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against
me.

3:61. Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their
imaginations against me.

3:62. Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices
against me all the day.

3:63. Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their
song.

3:64. Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to
the works of their hands.

3:65. Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

3:66. Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them
from under the heavens, O Lord.

Lamentations Chapter 4

4:1. Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed,
the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?

4:2. Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the
best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the
potter's hands?

4:3. Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have
given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the
ostrich in the desert.

4:4. Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of
his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there
was none to break it unto them.

4:5. He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they
that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

4:6. Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater
than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took
nothing in her.

4:7. Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more
ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.

4:8. Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not
known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is
withered, and is become like wood.

4:9. Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than
with them that died with hunger: for these