Lamentations 5
1 Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *Q(K)*) and see reproach our.
Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our disgrace.
2 Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.
Our inheritance is 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 are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are like widows.
4 Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.
We have to pay for a drink of water; our wood is sold to us.
5 At neck our we have been pursued we have become weary (and not *Q(K)*) it has been given rest to us.
Our pursuers are on our necks; we are weary, and have no rest.
6 Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.
We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, 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 have borne their iniquities.
8 Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
9 With life our we bring bread our 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 Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.
Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11 Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.
They raped the women in Zion, the 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 were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
13 Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.
The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.
The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
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 is turned into mourning.
16 It has fallen [the] crown of head our woe! please to us for we have sinned.
The crown is 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.
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes grow dim.
18 On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
19 You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.
But you, LORD, abide forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
20 Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us 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 you, LORD, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
22 That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.
unless you have completely rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
