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Rh :Concerning whom Thou didst command
 * That they should not enter into Thy congregation.
 * All her people sigh,
 * They seek bread;
 * They have given their pleasant things for food
 * To refresh the soul.
 * 'See, O, and behold,
 * How abject I am become.'


 * 'Let it not come unto you, all ye that pass by!
 * Behold, and see
 * If there be any pain like unto my pain,
 * Which is done unto me,
 * Wherewith the hath afflicted me
 * In the day of His fierce anger.
 * From on high hath He sent fire
 * Into my bones, and it prevaileth against them;
 * He hath spread a net for my feet,
 * He hath turned me back;
 * He hath made me desolate
 * And faint all the day.
 * The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand;
 * They are knit together,
 * They are come up upon my neck;
 * He hath made my strength to fail;
 * The Lord hath delivered me into their hands,
 * Against whom I am not able to stand.
 * The Lord hath set at nought
 * All my mighty men in the midst of me;
 * He hath called a solemn assembly against me
 * To crush my young men;
 * The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress
 * The virgin daughter of Judah.'


 * 'For these things I weep;
 * Mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water;
 * Because the comforter is far from me,
 * Even he that should refresh my soul;
 * My children are desolate,
 * Because the enemy hath prevailed.'
 * Zion spreadeth forth her hands;
 * There is none to comfort her;
 * The hath commanded concerning Jacob,
 * That they that are round about him should be his adversaries,
 * Jerusalem is among them
 * As one unclean.


 * 'The is righteous;
 * For I have rebelled against His word;
 * Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples,
 * And behold my pain:
 * My virgins and my young men
 * Are gone into captivity.
 * I called for my lovers,
 * But they deceived me;
 * My priests and mine elders
 * Perished in the city,
 * While they sought them food
 * To refresh their souls.
 * Behold, O, for I am in distress,
 * Mine inwards burn;
 * My heart is turned within me,
 * For I have grievously rebelled.
 * Abroad the sword bereaveth,
 * At home there is the like of death.
 * They have heard that I sigh,
 * There is none to comfort me;
 * All mine enemies have heard of my trouble, and are glad,
 * For Thou hast done it;
 * Thou wilt bring the day that Thou hast proclaimed,
 * And they shall be like unto me.