Lamentations 5
1 Yahweh, think about what has happened to us. See that we have been disgraced.
Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *QK) and see reproach our.
2 Foreigners have seized our property, [and now] they live in our homes.
Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.
3 [Our enemies] have killed our fathers; they caused our mothers to become widows.
Fatherless ones we have become (and there not *QK) [is] a father mothers our [are] like widows.
4 [Now] we are required to pay for water to drink, and we must pay [a lot of money] for firewood.
Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.
5 [It is as though] those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted, but they do not allow us to rest.
At neck our we have been pursued we have become weary (and not *QK) it has been given rest to us.
6 In order to get enough food [to remain alive], we went to Egypt and Assyria and offered to work [for the people there].
Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.
7 Our ancestors sinned, and now they are dead, but we are being punished for the sins that they committed.
Ancestors our they sinned (and not [are] they and we *QK) iniquities their we have borne.
8 [Officials from Babylon] who were [previously] slaves [now] rule over us, and there is no one who can rescue us from their power.
Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.
9 When we roam around in the desert searching for food, we are in danger of being killed, because people there kill strangers with their swords.
With life our we bring bread our because of [the] sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin has become hot like [SIM] an oven, and we have a very high fever because we are extremely hungry.
Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.
11 [Our enemies] have raped the women in Jerusalem, [and they have done that to] the young women in [all] the towns of Judea.
Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.
12 [Our enemies] have hanged our leaders, and they do not respect our elders.
Princes by hand their they have been hanged [the] face of elders not they have been honored.
13 They force our young men to grind [flour] with millstones, and boys stagger while they [are forced to] carry [heavy] loads of firewood.
Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.
14 [Our] elders no longer sit at the city gates [to make important decisions]; the young men no longer play their musical [instruments].
Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.
15 We [SYN] are no longer joyful; instead of dancing [joyfully], we now mourn.
It has ceased [the] joy of heart our it has been changed into mourning dancing our.
16 The wreaths [of flowers] have fallen off our heads. Terrible things have happened to us because of the sins that we committed.
It has fallen [the] crown of head our woe! please to us for we have sinned.
17 We [SYN] are tired and discouraged [IDM], and we cannot see well because our eyes are [full of tears].
On this it has become faint heart our on these [things] they have grown dim eyes our.
18 Jerusalem is [completely] deserted, and jackals/wolves prowl around it.
On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.
19 But Yahweh, you rule forever! You continue to rule [MTY] from one generation to the next generation.
You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.
20 [So] why [RHQ] have you forgotten us? Why [RHQ] have you abandoned us for a very long time?
Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.
21 [Please] enable us to return to you, and enable us to prosper [MTY] as we did previously.
Cause to return us O Yahweh - to yourself (so let us return *QK) renew days our like ancient time.
22 Please do that, because we hope that [RHQ] you have not rejected us forever and that [RHQ] you do not continue to be extremely angry with us!
That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.
