My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.

They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—

… the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be …

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king: