Lamentations 3:61-66:

61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,
62 The lips of my enemies
And their whispering against me all the day.
63 Look at their sitting down and their rising up;
I am their taunting song.

64 Repay them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
65 Give them [n]a veiled heart;
Your curse be upon them!
66 In Your anger,
Pursue and destroy them
From under the heavens of the Lord. (NKJV)

Meditation:

There are those who plot, scheme, and meditate on how to hurt, slander and persecute God's people simply because they are God's people. This form of persecution was evident in the Old Testament and will be around in some form until Christ returns in His second advent. There are some people who are so hostile towards the Lord and His righteousness they will stop at nothing to silence His message of repentance, faith, and its implications.

Christians must persevere. The language in verse 62 and 63 (all the day; sitting up and rising down; taunting song), seems to indicate that persecution feels long. However, the persecution Christians experience now is so short compared to an eternity in the new heavens and new earth with the Sovereign ruler of the world. Therefore we pray. And we can pray as Jeremiah did. We do not take justice into our own hands. Justice belongs to the Lord and He determines when and how justice is served. We can, however, pray for justice to be served. Those who insist on having an oppositional and hard heart toward God and the gospel will one day recognize His Lordship. They will bend the knee and on that day the Lord will repay them. So as Christians, we pray and we wait even in the midst of persecution. Justice belongs to the Lord.