"O God, our God, how great you are! How terrifying, how powerful! You faithfully keep your covenant promises. From the time when Assyrian kings oppressed us, even till now, how much we have suffered! Our kings, our leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors, and all our people have suffered. Remember how much we have suffered!

Remember, O God, my life is only a breath; my happiness has already ended.

Remember how short my life is; remember that you created all of us mortal!

Don't forget how I, your servant, am insulted, how I endure all the curses of the heathen.

LORD, do not forget David and all the hardships he endured.

He has shut me in a prison of misery and anguish.

Bitter suffering is all he has given me for food and drink.

So then, listen to what I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, will do: I will give my people bitter plants to eat and poison to drink.