<p class="poetry">Because of the anxiety that makes me groan,p> <p class="poetry">my bones protrude from my skin.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my sighing comes in place of<n id="1" /> my food,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my groanings<n id="3" /> flow forth like water.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Even today my complaint is still bitter;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his<n id="2" /> hand is heavy despite<n id="3" /> my groaning.p>

<p class="poetry">I am exhausted as I groan;p> <p class="poetry">all night long I drench my bed in tears;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my life nears its end in pain;p> <p class="poetry">my years draw to a close as I groan.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My strength fails me because of<n id="2" /> my sin,p> <p class="poetry">and my bones become brittle.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, you understand my heart&#8217;s desire;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my groaning is not hidden from you.p>

<p class="poetry">I have received a distressing message:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The deceiver deceives,p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer destroys.p> <p class="poetry">Attack, you Elamites!p> <p class="poetry">Lay siege, you Medes!p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to all the groaning!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">those whom the <sc>Lordsc> has ransomed will return that way.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will enter Zion with a happy shout.p> <p class="poetry">Unending joy will crown them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">happiness and joy will overwhelm<n id="3" /> them;p> <p class="poetry">grief and suffering will disappear.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those whom the <sc>Lordsc> has ransomed will return;p> <p class="poetry">they will enter Zion with a happy shout.p> <p class="poetry">Unending joy will crown them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">happiness and joy will overwhelm<n id="2" /> them;p> <p class="poetry">grief and suffering will disappear.<n id="3" />p>

&#8216;You have said, &#8220;I feel so hopeless!<n id="1" /> For the <sc>Lordsc> has added sorrow to my suffering.<n id="2" /> I am worn out from groaning. I can&#8217;t find any rest.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1514; (<i>Tavi>)p> <p class="poetry">Let all their wickedness come before you;p> <p class="poetry">afflict<n id="1" /> themp> <p class="poetry">just as you have afflicted<n id="2" /> me<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because of all my acts of rebellion.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For my groans are many,p> <p class="poetry">and my heart is sick with sorrow.<n id="5" />p>