Lamentations 5
1 Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *Q(K)*) and see reproach our.
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
2 Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 Fatherless ones we have become (and there not *Q(K)*) [is] a father mothers our [are] like widows.
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4 Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5 At neck our we have been pursued we have become weary (and not *Q(K)*) it has been given rest to us.
We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 Ancestors our they sinned (and not [are] they and we *Q(K)*) iniquities their we have borne.
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 With life our we bring bread our because of [the] sword of the wilderness.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.
Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes by hand their they have been hanged [the] face of elders not they have been honored.
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 It has ceased [the] joy of heart our it has been changed into mourning dancing our.
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 It has fallen [the] crown of head our woe! please to us for we have sinned.
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 On this it has become faint heart our on these [things] they have grown dim eyes our.
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18 On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.
You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21 Cause to return us O Yahweh - to yourself (so let us return *Q(K)*) renew days our like ancient time.
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22 That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.
unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
