3:32 Though he brings grief, he takes pity, according to the abundance of his mercy;
3:33 He does not willingly afflict or bring grief to human beings.
3:34 That someone tramples underfoot all the prisoners in the land,
3:35 Or denies justice to anyone in the very sight of the Most High,
3:36 Or subverts a person’s lawsuit— does the Lord not see?
3:37 Who speaks so that it comes to pass, unless the Lord commands it?
3:38 Is it not at the word of the Most High that both good and bad take place?
3:39 What should the living complain about? about their sins!
3:40 Let us search and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!
3:41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands toward God in heaven!
3:42 We have rebelled and been obstinate; you have not forgiven us.
3:43 You wrapped yourself in wrath and pursued us, killing without pity;
3:44 You wrapped yourself in a cloud, which no prayer could pierce.
3:45 You have made us filth and rubbish among the peoples.
3:46 They have opened their mouths against us, all our enemies;
3:47 Panic and the pit have been our lot, desolation and destruction;
3:48 My eyes stream with tears over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:49 My eyes will flow without ceasing, without rest,
3:50 Until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees.
3:51 I am tormented by the sight of all the daughters of my city.
3:52 Without cause, my enemies snared me as though I were a bird;
3:53 They tried to end my life in the pit, pelting me with stones.
3:54 The waters flowed over my head: and I said, “I am lost!”
3:55 I have called upon your name, O Lord, from the bottom of the pit;
3:56 You heard me call, “Do not let your ear be deaf to my cry for help.”
3:57 You drew near on the day I called you; you said, “Do not fear!”
3:58 You pleaded my case, Lord, you redeemed my life.
3:59 You see, Lord, how I am wronged; do me justice!
3:60 You see all their vindictiveness, all their plots against me.
3:61 You hear their reproach, Lord, all their plots against me,
3:62 The whispered murmurings of my adversaries, against me all day long;
3:63 Look! Whether they sit or stand, I am the butt of their taunt.
3:64 Give them what they deserve, Lord, according to their deeds;
3:65 Give them hardness of heart; your curse be upon them;
3:66 Pursue them in wrath and destroy them from under the Lord’s heaven!
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