Remember, O LORD
, what
has befallen
us; Look
, and see
our areproach
!
Our inheritance has been turned
over to astrangers
, Our bhouses
to aliens
.
We have become orphans
awithout
a father
, Our mothers
are like widows
.
1We have to pay for our drinking
awater
, Our wood
comes
to us at a price
.
1Our pursuers are at our necks
; We are worn
out, there is ano
rest
for us.
We have 1submitted to aEgypt
and Assyria
2to get
enough
bread
.
Our afathers sinned
, and are no
more
; It is we who have borne
their iniquities
.
aSlaves rule
over us; There
is bno
one
to deliver
us from their hand
.
We get our bread
1at the arisk of our lives
2Because
of the sword
in the wilderness
.
Our skin has become
as ahot
as an oven
, Because
of 1the burning
heat
of famine
.
They ravished the awomen
in Zion
, The virgins
in the cities
of Judah
.
Princes were hung
by their hands
; 1 aElders
were not respected
.
Young men
1 aworked
at the grinding
mill
, And youths
bstumbled
under loads of wood
.
Elders 1are gone
from the gate
, Young
men
from their amusic
.
The joy of our hearts
has aceased
; Our dancing
has been turned
into mourning
.
The acrown has fallen
from our head
; bWoe
to us, for we have sinned
!
Because of this
our aheart
is faint
, Because
of these
things
our beyes
are dim
;
Because of aMount
Zion
which
lies
desolate
, bFoxes
prowl
in it.
aYou, O LORD, 1rule
forever
; Your bthrone
is from generation
to generation
.
Why do You aforget
us forever
? Why do You forsake
us 1so
long
?
aRestore us to You, O LORD
, that we may be restored
; Renew
bour days
as of old
,
Unless aYou have utterly
rejected
us And are exceedingly
bangry
with us.