² “You are righteous, O Lord,
    and all your deeds are just;
all your ways are mercy and truth;
    you judge the world.^[a](A)
3 And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me
    and look favorably upon me.
Do not punish me for my sins
    or for my unwitting offenses
    or for those of my ancestors.
They sinned against you^(B)
4     and disobeyed your commandments.
So you gave us over to plunder, exile, and death,
    to become the talk, the byword, and an object of reproach
    among all the nations among whom you have dispersed us.^(C)
5 And now your many judgments are true
    in dealing with me according to my sins.
For we have not kept your commandments
    and have not walked in accordance with truth before you.
⁶ So now deal with me as you will;
    command my spirit to be taken from me,
    so that I may be released from the face of the earth and become dust.
For it is better for me to die than to live,
    because I have had to listen to undeserved insults,
    and great is the sorrow that attends me.
Command, O Lord, that I be released from this distress;
    release me to go to the place of eternity,
    and do not, O Lord, turn your face away from me.
For it is better for me to die
    than to see so much distress in my life
    and better not to listen to insults.”^(D)

“Blessed are you, merciful God!
    Blessed is your name^[a] forever;
    let all your works bless you forever.^(A)
12 And now,^[b] my face is toward you,
    and I have raised my eyes.^(B)
13 Command that I be released from the earth
    and not listen to such reproaches any more.
¹⁴ You know, O Master, that I am innocent^[c]
    of any defilement with a man
¹⁵ and that I have not disgraced my name
    or the name of my father in the land of my exile.
I am my father’s only child;
    he has no other child to be his heir,
and he has no close relative or other kindred
    for whom I should keep myself as wife.
Already seven husbands of mine have died.
    Why should I still live?
But if it is not pleasing to you, O Lord, to take my life,
    hear me in my disgrace.”