Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what hath occurred to us, look down, and behold our disgrace.
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 Orphans are we become, and [we are] without a father, our mothers are like widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 Our water have we drunk for money: our wood cometh to us for a purchase price.
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
5 Up to our necks are we pursued: we are fatigued, and no rest is allowed us.
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
6 To Egypt do we stretch out our hand, 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 have sinned, and are no more; but we have indeed to bear their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us: no one delivereth us out of their hand.
Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
9 At the peril of our life must we bring home our bread, because of the sword of the wilderness.
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the heat of famine.
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
11 Women have they ravished in Zion, virgins, in the cities of Judah.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 Young men they bore to the mill, and boys stumbled under the wood.
The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart: our dance is changed into mourning.
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 Fallen is the crown of our head: woe to us, for we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this is our heart made sick; for these things are our eyes dimmed;
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
18 Because of the mount of Zion which is wasted, foxes walk about on it.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
19 O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore wilt thou forget us for ever! wilt thou forsake us for so long a time?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
21 Cause us to return, O Lord, unto thee, and we will return: renew our days as of old.
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 For wouldst thou entirely reject us, be wroth with us to the uttermost?
Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
