Lamentations 5

1 Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.

Remember, O YHWH, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

2 Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

3 We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

4 Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

5 Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

6 We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and 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 haue sinned, and are not, and we haue borne their iniquities.

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

8 Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.

Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

9 Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.

We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

11 They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.

They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

12 The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour.

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

16 The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

17 Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

18 Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

19 But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne is from generation to generation.

Thou, O YHWH, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

20 Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

21 Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.

Turn thou us unto thee, O YHWH, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

22 But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.

But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us...