Hexagram 3, Zhūn (Difficulty at the Beginning): Line 6 (top)
屯卦上六 · 水雷屯 · 中文版
上六：乘马班如，泣血涟如。
The line (Legge)
The topmost SIX, divided, shows (its subject) with the horses of his chariot obliged to retreat, and weeping tears of blood in streams.
Small Image commentary
'He weeps tears of blood in streams:' - how can the state (thus emblemed) continue long?
象曰：泣血涟如，何可长也。
In plain words
The horse and rider go round and round, weeping tears of blood. The top line is at the end of the hexagram, weak and without support, with no way forward or back, so its grief is extreme. The Small Image asks how such weeping could last long: when hardship reaches its end, the situation is about to change.
Applying it to your situation
If you feel you have run out of options, this line acknowledges how hard that is, and suggests that when things are at their worst, the end of the difficulty is often near. What small thing could give you a moment to breathe right now?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Zhūn changes into Hexagram 42 Yì (Increase). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·屯之益.
The hexagram
Hexagram 3 Zhūn (Difficulty at the Beginning). The Judgment: Zhun (indicates that in the case which it presupposes) there will be great progress and success, and the advantage will come from being correct and firm. (But) any movement in advance should not be (lightly) undertaken. There will be advantage in appointing feudal princes.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.