43-45 “You lost your temper with us, holding nothing back.
    You chased us and cut us down without mercy.
You wrapped yourself in thick blankets of clouds
    so no prayers could get through.
You treated us like dirty dishwater,
    threw us out in the backyard of the nations.

46-48 “Our enemies shout abuse,
    their mouths full of derision, spitting invective.
We’ve been to hell and back.
    We’ve nowhere to turn, nowhere to go.
Rivers of tears pour from my eyes
    at the smashup of my dear people.

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44 You have covered yourself with a cloud(A)
    so that no prayer(B) can get through.(C)
45 You have made us scum(D) and refuse
    among the nations.

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide(E) against us.(F)

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