Lamentations 1:18-22 — Legacy Standard Bible

צ Tsadhe

¹⁸“Yahweh is ^arighteous;For I have ^brebelled against His ¹command;Hear now, all peoples,And ^cbehold my ²pain;^dMy virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.

ק Qoph

¹⁹“I ^acalled to my lovers, but they deceived me;My ^bpriests and my elders breathed their last in the cityWhile they sought food for themselves in order to ^crestore their souls.

ר Resh

²⁰“See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;My ¹^,^ainmost being is greatly disturbed;My heart is overturned within me,For I have been very ^brebellious.In the street the sword bereaves;In the house it is like death.

שׁ Shin

²¹“They have heard that I ^aam sighing;There is no one to comfort me;All my enemies have heard of the ¹evil done to me;They ^brejoice that You have done it.You have brought the day which You have proclaimed,So that they will become ^clike me.

ת Tav

²²“Let all their evil come before You;And ^adeal severely with them as You have dealt severely with meFor all my transgressions;For my groans are great and my heart is faint.”