Ayin
“My eyes will flow
Without ceasing.
They will flow
Without respite,
Until Yahweh
From heaven
Looks down,
Until Yahweh
Sees them.
My eyes
Cause me grief
At the fate
Of all the young women
In my city.”
The personal lament of this author continues. He was full of flowing, unceasing, and unstoppable tears. He wanted Yahweh to look down from heaven to see him crying. His eyes were causing him grief at what was happening to the young girls of his city. These three verses start with the Hebrew consonant letter Ayin in this acrostic poem.
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