Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what hath occurred to us, look down, and behold our disgrace.
Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 Orphans are we become, and [we are] without a father, our mothers are like widows.
We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are like widows.
4 Our water have we drunk for money: our wood cometh to us for a purchase price.
We have to pay for a drink of water; our wood is sold to us.
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, and have no rest.
6 To Egypt do we stretch out our hand, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to get enough bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; but we have indeed to bear their iniquities.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; but we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us: no one delivereth us out of their hand.
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us 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 get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the heat of famine.
Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11 Women have they ravished in Zion, virgins, in the cities of Judah.
They raped the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
13 Young men they bore to the mill, and boys stumbled under the wood.
The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.
The elders have gone 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 has ceased; our dancing 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 to 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 grow dim.
18 Because of the mount of Zion which is wasted, foxes walk about on it.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
19 O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
But you, LORD, abide forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore wilt thou forget us for ever! wilt thou forsake us for so long a time?
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
21 Cause us to return, O Lord, unto thee, and we will return: renew our days as of old.
Restore us to you, LORD, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
22 For wouldst thou entirely reject us, be wroth with us to the uttermost?
unless you have completely rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
