And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together. Scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.
For you are my God. Let your eyes be open, I beg you, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.
When I was not humble in thought, then I lifted up my soul. Like one who has been weaned from his mother, so was I recompensed in my soul.
The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.
Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.
May their way become dark and slippery, and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.
Therefore, these are the words that you shall do: Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor. With truth and a judgment of peace, judge at your gates.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will be for the house of Judah in joy and gladness and with bright solemnities. So then, love truth and peace.
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears are with their prayers, but the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil.