Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
We drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
5 To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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 rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
11 They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
Princes are hanged by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Turn thou us to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very angry with us.
