Lament is not the same as despair; it is the act of witnessing sorrow and refusing to look away. Today’s news invites us to see the small and the displaced—residents watching their neighborhoods change, families separated by policy, workers trapped at sea for months, creatures losing their habitats. The ancient voice of Lamentations speaks not to the causes of suffering but to its reality, asking us whether we have truly seen it, whether we recognize the weight of it. In a world where displacement happens at scale and speed, where decisions are made in rooms far from those affected, the question remains: Do we behold? Do we see?