Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
5 Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
6 We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers haue sinned, and are not, and we haue borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
8 Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.
Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
9 Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
11 They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour.
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
17 Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
18 Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
19 But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne is from generation to generation.
Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
21 Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.
Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
