Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.
9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.
Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
11 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.
Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
13 They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.
14 The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.
17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,
For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;
18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.
Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry against us.
Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
