Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
Remember, O Lord, what hath occurred to us, look down, and behold our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
Orphans are we become, and [we are] without a father, our mothers are like widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money, Our wood comes for a price.
Our water have we drunk for money: our wood cometh to us for a purchase price.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
Up to our necks are we pursued: we are fatigued, and no rest is allowed us.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
To Egypt do we stretch out our hand, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned—they are not, We have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; but we have indeed to bear their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us, There is no deliverer from their hand.
Servants rule over us: no one delivereth us out of their hand.
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
At the peril of our life must we bring home our bread, because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin as an oven has been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the heat of famine.
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins—in cities of Judah.
Women have they ravished in Zion, virgins, in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes have been hanged by their hand, Elderly faces have not been honored.
Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
13 They have taken young men to grind, And youths have stumbled with wood.
Young men they bore to the mill, and boys stumbled under the wood.
14 Elderly have ceased from the gate, Young men from their song.
The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased, Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
Ceased hath the joy of our heart: our dance is changed into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
Fallen is the crown of our head: woe to us, for we have sinned.
17 Our heart has been sick for this, Our eyes have been dim for these.
Because of this is our heart made sick; for these things are our eyes dimmed;
18 For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
Because of the mount of Zion which is wasted, foxes walk about on it.
19 You, O YHWH, remain for all time, Your throne to generation and generation.
O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
20 Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
Wherefore wilt thou forget us for ever! wilt thou forsake us for so long a time?
21 Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
Cause us to return, O Lord, unto thee, and we will return: renew our days as of old.
22 For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
For wouldst thou entirely reject us, be wroth with us to the uttermost?
