ל (Lamed)
1:12 Is it nothing to you, 1 all you who pass by on the road? 2
Look and see!
Is there any pain like mine?
The Lord 3 has afflicted me, 4
he 5 has inflicted it on me
when 6 he burned with anger. 7
מ (Mem)
1:13 He sent down fire 8
into my bones, and it overcame 9 them.
He spread out a trapper’s net 10 for my feet;
he made me turn back.
He has made me desolate;
I am faint all day long.
נ (Nun)
1:14 My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; 11
they are fastened together by his hand.
He has placed his yoke 12 on my neck; 13
he has sapped my strength. 14
The Lord 15 has handed me over 16
to those whom I cannot resist.
ס (Samek)
1:15 He rounded up 17 all my mighty ones; 18
The Lord 19 did this 20 in 21 my midst.
He summoned an assembly 22 against me
to shatter my young men.
The Lord has stomped like grapes 23
the virgin daughter, Judah. 24
ע (Ayin)
1:16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes 25 flow with tears. 26
For there is no one in sight who can comfort me 27
or encourage me. 28
My children 29 are desolated 30
because an enemy has prevailed.