Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”

我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又像鸽子哀鸣；我因仰观，眼睛困倦。耶和华啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。

我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又如鸽子哀鸣；我因仰望，眼睛困倦。主啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。

我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又如鸽子哀鸣；我因仰望，眼睛困倦。主啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。

“我像燕、鹤一样哀鸣，像鸽子一样呻吟；我举目望天，双眼疲倦。耶和华啊！我困苦不堪，求你保护我。

我像燕子呻吟，像白鹤鸣叫，又像鸽子哀鸣。我的眼睛因仰望高处而疲倦；耶和华啊！我受欺压，求你作我的保障。

我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤啼叫，又像鸽子哀鸣。我的眼睛因仰望高处而衰弱；主啊！我受欺压，求你作我的保障。

我像燕子呢喃，像白鶴鳴叫，又像鴿子哀鳴；我因仰觀，眼睛困倦。耶和華啊，我受欺壓，求你為我作保。

我像燕子呢喃，像白鶴鳴叫，又如鴿子哀鳴；我因仰望，眼睛困倦。主啊，我受欺壓，求你為我作保。

我像燕子呢喃，像白鶴鳴叫，又如鴿子哀鳴；我因仰望，眼睛困倦。主啊，我受欺壓，求你為我作保。

「我像燕、鶴一樣哀鳴，像鴿子一樣呻吟；我舉目望天，雙眼疲倦。耶和華啊！我困苦不堪，求你保護我。

我像燕子呻吟，像白鶴鳴叫，又像鴿子哀鳴。我的眼睛因仰望高處而疲倦；耶和華啊！我受欺壓，求你作我的保障。

我像燕子呢喃一樣地啁啾叫；我沉吟哀鳴像鴿子。我的眼懶着向上了；永恆主啊，我受欺壓；為我作保哦！

我像燕子呢喃，像白鶴啼叫，又像鴿子哀鳴。我的眼睛因仰望高處而衰弱；主啊！我受欺壓，求你作我的保障。

我之呢喃、如燕如鶴、我之哀鳴、有若班鳩、瞻望目疲、耶和華歟、我遭愁苦、爾其保余、

譬彼玄鳥、呢喃對語、譬彼班鳩、哀鳴不已、余亦若是、瞻望於上、至於目眩。耶和華與、我遭患難、爾其救余、

我哀鳴如燕如鶴、悲聲如鴿、我瞻望於上、至於目眩、我瞻望於上至於目弦或作我目向上流淚不已主歟、我甚艱苦、求主拯救、

I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”

I cried softly like a weak little bird. I sounded like a dove as I mourned. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, my life is in danger. Please come and help me!

Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!

I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Like a crane[ or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail[ with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”

We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.

Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals and a companion to owls.

I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.

I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.

Nineveh’s exile has been decreed, and all the servant girls mourn its capture. They moan like doves and beat their breasts in sorrow.

Please guarantee a blessing for me. Don’t let the arrogant oppress me!My eyes strain to see your rescue, to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.

The survivors who escape to the mountains will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.

Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die.

My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far off wilderness.I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

My eyes are straining to see your promises come true. When will you comfort me?

“ You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.

We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could not help us.