5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! |
5:2 Our inheritance You have turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. |
5:3 We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers have become like widows. |
5:4 We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price. |
5:5 Our pursuers follow at our necks; We wear out , we have no rest . |
5:6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. |
5:7 Our fathers sinned, and exist no more; we have borne their iniquities. |
5:8 Slaves rule over us; No one will deliver us from their hand. |
5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness. |
5:10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. |
5:11 They ravished the women in Zion,The virgins in the cities of Judah. |
5:12 They hung the princes by their hands; Elders received no respect. |
5:13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. |
5:14 Elders have disappeared from the gate, Young men from their music. |
5:15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has turned into mourning. |
5:16 The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! |
5:17 Because of this our heart faints, Because of these things our eyes have become dim; |
5:18 Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it. |
5:19 You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne lasts from generation to generation. |
5:20 Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? |
5:21 Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may receive restoration; Renew our days as of old, |
5:22 Unless You have utterly rejected us And have become exceedingly angry with us. |