Read Lamentations in the King James Version, with a plain-language reading beneath every verse. Here are a few to start with.
From Lamentations
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
How heartbreaking to see the once bustling city now so lonely! It's like she's lost her partner, left to grieve in solitude. She, who was once the pride of nations and the jewel of provinces, is now reduced to a mere vassal!
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Even when I weep and scream, it feels like my prayers are ignored.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
We are saved from destruction only by God's unending kindness and unfailing love.
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Lord, you've witnessed my mistakes; please, defend my case.
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