{Ayin} Therefore do I weep, and mine eyes gush out of water: for the comforter that should quicken me is far from me. My children are driven away. For why? The enemy hath gotten the over hand.

{ Res} Behold, O LORD, and consider: why hast thou gathered me up so clean? Shall the women then eat their own fruit; even children of a span long? Shall the priests and prophets be slain thus in the Sanctuary of the LORD?

Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?

This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim:

Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!