Jod
The enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things:
for she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary,
of whom Thou gavest commandment that they should not enter into Thy church.
Kaph
All her people sigh, they seek bread:
they have given all their precious things for food to relieve the soul:
see, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile.
Lamed
O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see
if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow:
for he hath made a vintage of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of his fierce anger.
Mem
From above he hath sent fire into my bones, and hath chastised me:
he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back:
he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.
Nun
The yoke of my iniquities hath watched:
they are folded together in his hand, and put upon my neck: my strength is weakened:
the Lord hath delivered me into a hand out of which I am not able to rise.
Jerusalem,
be converted unto the Lord thy God.