ע (Ayin)
4:17 Our eyes continually failed us
as we looked in vain for help.
From our watchtowers we watched
for a nation that could not rescue us.
צ (Tsade)
4:18 Our enemies
so that we could not walk about in our streets.
Our end drew near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come!
ק (Qof)
4:19 Those who pursued us were swifter
than eagles
They chased us over the mountains;
they ambushed us in the wilderness.
ר (Resh)
4:20 Our very life breath – the Lord’s anointed king
was caught in their traps,
of whom we thought,
“Under his protection
18:8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet
and he wanders into a mesh.
19:6 know
and encircled
66:11 You led us into a trap;
you caused us to suffer.
32:3 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘I will throw my net over you
and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
7:12 I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying,
I will bring them down like birds in the sky;
I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.