<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> am deprived<n id="2" /> of peace;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I have forgotten what happiness<n id="4" /> is.p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> continually think about<n id="2" /> this,p> <p class="poetry">and I<n id="3" /> am depressed.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1496; (<i>Teti>)p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is good to those who trust<n id="1" /> in him,p> <p class="poetry">to the one<n id="2" /> who seeks him.p>

<p class="poetry">What my eyes see<n id="1" /> grieves me<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">all the suffering of the daughters in my city.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1512; (<i>Reshi>)p> <p class="poetry">O Lord,<n id="1" /> you championed<n id="2" /> my cause,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you redeemed my life.p>

<p class="poetry">At the risk<n id="1" /> of our lives<n id="2" /> we get our food<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because robbers lurk<n id="4" /> in the countryside.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;My portion is the Lord,&#8221; I have said to myself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so I will put my hope in him.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1499; (<i>Kafi>)p> <p class="poetry">All her people groanedp> <p class="poetry">as they searched for a morsel of bread.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They exchanged<n id="2" /> their valuables<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="4" /> just enough foodp> <p class="poetry">to stay alive.<n id="5" />p><t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, O <sc>Lordsc>! Consider<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">that I have become worthless!&#8221;p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">I called for my lovers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they had deceived me.p> <p class="poetry">My priests and my eldersp> <p class="poetry">perished in the city.p> <p class="poetry">Truly they had<n id="2" /> searched for foodp> <p class="poetry">to<n id="3" /> keep themselves<n id="4" /> alive.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1500; (<i>Lamedi>)p> <p class="poetry">Children<n id="1" /> say to their mothers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Where are food and drink?&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They faint<n id="4" /> like a wounded warriorp> <p class="poetry">in the city squares.p> <p class="poetry">They die slowly<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in their mothers&#8217; arms.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1506; (<i>Ayini>)p> <p class="poetry">I weep because of these things;p> <p class="poetry">my eyes<n id="1" /> flow with tears.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For there is no one in sight who can comfort me<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">or encourage me.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">My children<n id="5" /> are desolated<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">because an enemy has prevailed.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">Get up! Cry out in the night<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when the night watches start!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pour out your heart<n id="3" /> like waterp> <p class="poetry">before the face of the Lord!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Lift up your hands<n id="5" /> to himp> <p class="poetry">for your children&#8217;s lives;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">they are fainting<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">at every street corner.<n id="8" />p>