48 Streams of tears flow from my eyesbecause my people are destroyed.
49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,without relief,
50 until the Lord looks downfrom heaven and sees.
51 What I see brings grief to my soulbecause of all the women of my city.
52 Those who were my enemies without causehunted me like a bird.
53 They tried to end my life in a pitand threw stones at me;
54 the waters closed over my head,and I thought I was about to perish.