Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what hath occurred to us, look down, and behold our disgrace.
Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 Orphans are we become, and [we are] without a father, our mothers are like widows.
We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
4 Our water have we drunk for money: our wood cometh to us for a purchase price.
We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
5 Up to our necks are we pursued: we are fatigued, and no rest is allowed us.
Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
6 To Egypt do we stretch out our hand, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; but we have indeed to bear their iniquities.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us: no one delivereth us out of their hand.
Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
9 At the peril of our life must we bring home our bread, 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 Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the heat of famine.
Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11 Women have they ravished in Zion, virgins, in the cities of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
13 Young men they bore to the mill, and boys stumbled under the wood.
The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.
The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart: our dance is changed into mourning.
The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
16 Fallen is the crown of our head: woe to us, for we have sinned.
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this is our heart made sick; for these things are our eyes dimmed;
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
18 Because of the mount of Zion which is wasted, foxes walk about on it.
for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
19 O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore wilt thou forget us for ever! wilt thou forsake us for so long a time?
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
21 Cause us to return, O Lord, unto thee, and we will return: renew our days as of old.
Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
22 For wouldst thou entirely reject us, be wroth with us to the uttermost?
But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
