Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what hath occurred to us, look down, and behold our disgrace.
Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.
2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.
3 Orphans are we become, and [we are] without a father, our mothers are like widows.
We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
4 Our water have we drunk for money: our wood cometh to us for a purchase price.
Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
5 Up to our necks are we pursued: we are fatigued, and no rest is allowed us.
Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
6 To Egypt do we stretch out our hand, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, 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 haue sinned, and are not, and we haue borne their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us: no one delivereth us out of their hand.
Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.
9 At the peril of our life must we bring home our bread, because of the sword of the wilderness.
Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
10 Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the heat of famine.
Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.
11 Women have they ravished in Zion, virgins, in the cities of Judah.
They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour.
13 Young men they bore to the mill, and boys stumbled under the wood.
They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.
The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart: our dance is changed into mourning.
The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.
16 Fallen is the crown of our head: woe to us, for we have sinned.
The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.
17 Because of this is our heart made sick; for these things are our eyes dimmed;
Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,
18 Because of the mount of Zion which is wasted, foxes walk about on it.
Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.
19 O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: 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 doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?
21 Cause us to return, O Lord, unto thee, and we will return: renew our days as of old.
Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.
22 For wouldst thou entirely reject us, be wroth with us to the uttermost?
But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.
