Baruch 2:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ “Look down, O Lord, from your holy dwelling, and keep us in your thoughts. Turn your ear toward us, O Lord, and listen to us. ¹⁷ Look upon us, Lord, and see. It is not the dead in Hades, whose spirit no longer dwells in their bodies, who can render praise and vindication to you, O Lord. ¹⁸ Rather, it is those who are living and deeply grieved, bent over and frail in their movements, with failing eyesight and hungering soul, who will praise your glory and justice, O Lord.