Lamentations 5

1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.

2Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

3We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

4Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

5Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

5Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.

6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

6We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

7Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

7Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.

8Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

8Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.

9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

9We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.

10Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

10Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.

11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

11They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.

12Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

12Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.

13The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

13The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.

14The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

15The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

15The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

16The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!

17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

19Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

19Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.

20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?

20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

21Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

21Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

22But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

22Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?