Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath 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 hath 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 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
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 laboured — there hath 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 their iniquities have borne.
Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; but we have indeed to bear their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none 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 hath 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 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.
Young men they bore to the mill, and boys stumbled under the wood.
14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
Ceased hath the joy of our heart: our dance is changed into mourning.
16 Fallen hath the crown [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 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
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 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
Wherefore wilt thou forget us for ever! wilt thou forsake us for so long a time?
21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, 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 hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us — exceedingly?
For wouldst thou entirely reject us, be wroth with us to the uttermost?
