The prayer that began in [Lamentations 3:40](./40.md) continues.

## You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through ##

AT: "You use the clouds as a shield to keep our prayers away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## castoffs and refuse ##

AT: "You have thrown us away as if we were just trash." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## desolation and crushing ##

"total destruction" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])