40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;

41 ^aLet us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven. ‡

42 ^aWe have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned. ‡

43 You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.

44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.

45 You have made us an ^aoffscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples. ‡

46 ^aAll our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us. ‡

47 ^aFear and a snare have come upon us,
^bDesolation and destruction. ‡

48 ^aMy eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people. ‡

49 ^aMy eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption, ‡

50 Till the Lord from heaven
^aLooks down and sees. ‡