³⁷Who has spoken and it came to pass, ³⁸Do not both adversity and good ³⁹Why should any mortal man complain, ⁴⁰Let us examine and test our ways, ⁴¹Let us lift up our hearts and hands ⁴²“We have sinned and rebelled; ⁴³You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; ⁴⁴You have covered Yourself with a cloud ⁴⁵You have made us scum and refuse ⁴⁶All our enemies ⁴⁷Panic and pitfall have come upon us — ⁴⁸Streams of tears flow from my eyes ⁴⁹My eyes overflow unceasingly, ⁵⁰until the LORD ⁵¹My eyes bring grief to my soul ⁵²Without cause my enemies ⁵³They dropped me alive into a pit ⁵⁴The waters flowed over my head, ⁵⁵I called on Your name, O LORD, ⁵⁶You heard my plea: ⁵⁷You drew near when I called on You; ⁵⁸You defend my cause, O Lord; ⁵⁹You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; ⁶⁰You have seen all their malice, ⁶¹O LORD, You have heard their insults, ⁶²the slander and murmuring of my assailants ⁶³When they sit and when they rise, ⁶⁴You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, ⁶⁵Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; ⁶⁶You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them