Lamentations 3:52

צ (Tsade) For no good reason ¹  my enemies hunted me down ²  like a bird.

Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.

My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird;

My enemies, whom I have never harmed, chased me like a bird.

"Enemies with no reason to be enemies hunted me down like a bird.

They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

Those who were my enemies without cause have hunted me like a bird;

My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.

צ (Tsade) For no good reason ¹  my enemies hunted me down ²  like a bird.

¹ tn Heb “without cause.”

² tn The construction צוֹד צָדוּנִי (tsod tsaduni, “they have hunted me down”) is emphatic: Qal infinitive absolute of the same root of Qal perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix.