Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
4 Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
5 Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
8 Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
9 We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11 They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
13 The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
15 The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
19 Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
21 Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
22 Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
