I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,

Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.

my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.

I said, “Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.