Lam 3:52-66 | ESV | STEP | I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause ;

r[See ver. 60 above]

s Ps. 18:39, 48

t[Ps. 139:2]

uSee ver. 14

vSee Jer. 11:20

x Ps. 28:4; [2 Tim. 4:14]

ab[Deut. 25:19; Jer. 10:11]

ac Ps. 8:3

Lamentations 3:52-66

52 ^a“I have been hunted ^blike a bird
by those who were my enemies ^cwithout cause;
53 ^dthey flung me alive into the pit
^eand cast stones on me;
54 ^fwater closed over my head;
I said, ^g‘I am lost.’
55 ^h“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
56 ⁱyou heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your ear to my cry for help!’
57 ^jYou came near when I called on you;
you said, ^k‘Do not fear!’
58 “You have ^ltaken up my cause, ^mO Lord;
you have ⁿredeemed my life.
59 You have seen the wrong done to me, ^oO Lord;
judge my cause.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
all ^ptheir plots against me.
61 ^q“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
all ^rtheir plots against me.
62 The lips and thoughts ^sof my assailants
are against me all the day long.
63 ^tBehold their sitting and their rising;
^uI am the object of their taunts.
64 ^v“You will repay them, ^{▼▼Or Repay them} O Lord,
^xaccording to the work of their hands.
65 You will give them ^{▼▼Or Give them} dullness of heart;
your curse will be ^{▼▼Or place your curse} on them.
66 You will pursue them ^{▼▼Or Pursue them} in anger and ^abdestroy them
from under ^acyour heavens, O Lord.” ^{▼▼Syriac (compare Septuagint, Vulgate); Hebrew the heavens of the Lord}