Textual adaptation: (by Paul Stetsenko) Remember, O Lord, remember what has befallen us. Look and see our disgrace, Lord. Look, O Lord, and see what has come to pass. Let tears stream down, day and night. O hear our cry, O Lord. Our eyes are spent with weeping. Cry aloud to the Lord God, "O hear my cry, Lord God! O Lord have mercy on me!" Do not close your ears to our cry, God Almighty; O Lord, have mercy. (from Lamentations of Jeremiah)