3:29 Let him bury his face in the dust;
perhaps there is hope.
3:30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him;
let him have his fill of insults.
3:65 Give them a distraught heart;
may your curse be on them!
5:6 We have submitted
in order to buy food to eat.
כ (Kaf)
1:11 All her people groaned
as they searched for a morsel of bread.
They exchanged
for
to stay alive.
“Look, O Lord! Consider
that I have become worthless!”
מ (Mem)
1:13 He sent down fire
into my bones, and it overcame
He spread out a trapper’s net
he made me turn back.
He has made me desolate;
I am faint all day long.
נ (Nun)
1:14 My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke;
they are fastened together by his hand.
He has placed his yoke
he has sapped my strength.
The Lord
to those whom I cannot resist.
ז (Zayin)
2:7 The Lord
and abhorred his temple.
He handed over to the enemy
her palace walls;
the enemy
as if it were a feast day.
צ (Tsade)
2:18 Cry out
O wall of Daughter Zion!
Make your tears flow like a river
all day and all night long!
Do not rest;
do not let your tears