Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
3 Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
16 Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
18 For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
22 For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us — exceedingly?
But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.
