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It is good that one should be quiet and wait for the saving power of the Lord.

It is good for a man to carry the load while he is young.

For the Lord will not turn away from a man forever.

For if He causes sorrow, He will have loving-pity because of His great loving-kindness.

He does not want to cause trouble or sorrow for the children of men.

I have been hunted like a bird by those who hate me for no reason.

You have heard my voice. Do not close Your ears to my cry for help.

O Lord, You will punish them for what they have done.

The baby's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

For the sin of the daughter of my people is worse than the sin of Sodom, which was destroyed all at once without a hand turned to help her.

Those who are killed with the sword are better off than those killed with hunger. For they waste away, suffering because they have no fruits of the field.

Women who had shown loving-kindness have boiled their own children for food, because my people are destroyed.

Our eyes have become weak in looking for help that did not come. In our watching we have waited for a nation that was not able to save us.

They kept following after our steps so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end came near. Our days were finished, for our end had come.

Those who came after us were faster than the eagles of the sky. They came after us on the mountains. They hid and waited for us in the desert.

We have to pay for our drinking water, and we must buy our wood.

Our fathers sinned, and are no more, and we have suffered for their sins.

The crown has fallen from our head. It is bad for us, for we have sinned!

O Lord, You rule forever. Your throne will last for all people-to-come.

Why do You forget us forever? Why do You leave us alone for so long?