Lamentations 5
1 Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *Q(K)*) and see reproach our.
Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
2 Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.
Our inheritance has been turned 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.
Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
4 Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.
We have drunk our water for money, Our wood comes for 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.
For our neck we have been pursued, We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
6 Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.
[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Ancestors our they sinned (and not [are] they and we *Q(K)*) iniquities their we have borne.
Our fathers have sinned—they are not, We have borne their iniquities.
8 Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.
Servants have ruled over us, There is no deliverer from their hand.
9 With life our we bring bread our because of [the] sword of the wilderness.
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.
Our skin as an oven has been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
11 Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins—in cities of Judah.
12 Princes by hand their they have been hanged [the] face of elders not they have been honored.
Princes have been hanged by their hand, Elderly faces have not been honored.
13 Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.
They have taken young men to grind, And youths have stumbled with wood.
14 Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.
Elderly have ceased from the gate, Young men from their song.
15 It has ceased [the] joy of heart our it has been changed into mourning dancing our.
The joy of our heart has ceased, Our dancing has been 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 [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
17 On this it has become faint heart our on these [things] they have grown dim eyes our.
Our heart has been sick for this, Our eyes have been dim for these.
18 On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.
For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
19 You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.
You, O YHWH, remain for all time, Your throne to generation and generation.
20 Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.
Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
21 Cause to return us O Yahweh - to yourself (so let us return *Q(K)*) renew days our like ancient time.
Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
22 That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.
For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
