Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.
The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
They set thy sanctuary on fire; to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.
Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand.”
Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, I delivered Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.
And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, even to the dust.
For the enemy has pursued me; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
I said in my consternation, “Men are all a vain hope.”
Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand, and cast his throne to the ground.
And I say, “It is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.