Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.
| זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ |
2 Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
| נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ |
3 We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
| יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ |
4 We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
| מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ |
5 To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
| עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא וְלֹא הֽוּנַח לָֽנוּ׃ |
6 We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;
| מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ |
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
| אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ אינם וְאֵינָם אנחנו וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ |
8 Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.
| עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ |
9 We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ |
10 Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
| עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ |
11 They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
| נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ |
12 Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
| שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ |
13 The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.
| בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ |
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
| זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ |
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
| שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ |
16 The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.
| נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ |
17 For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;
| עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ |
18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
| עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ |
19 Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
| אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ |
20 Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
| לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ |
21 Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
| הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב וְֽנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ |
22 Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
| כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ 154 5 4 4 |
