We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but {there is} none; for salvation, {but} it is far off from us.

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

[A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead {her} as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. {Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made} {led...: or, discovered}

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. {owls: or, ostriches}

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation {that} could not save {us}.

Blessed {are} they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but {there is} none; for salvation, {but} it is far off from us.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead {her} as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. {Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made} {led...: or, discovered}

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, {and} seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

For this our heart is faint; for these {things} our eyes are dim.

If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done {that which is} good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. {sore: Heb. with a great weeping}

And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

Thy sons and thy daughters {shall be} given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail {with longing} for them all the day long: and {there shall be} no might in thine hand.

Behold, O LORD; for I {am} in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home {there is} as death.

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. {swoon: or, faint}

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. {troubled: Heb. wried}

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. {owls: or, ostriches}

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: