5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.
5:3 We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.
5:4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5:5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
5:6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
5:8 Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands.
5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
5:10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
5:11 Women have been ravished in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
5:12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
5:13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
5:14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
5:15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
5:17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
5:18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
5:19 You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
5:20 Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
5:21 Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
5:22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
5:1 Remember, O Jehovah, what has come upon us; / Look and see our reproach.
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, / Our houses to foreigners.
5:3 We are orphans without father; / Our mothers are like widows.
5:4 We have drunk our water for money; / Our wood comes to us at a price.
5:5 On our necks are our pursuers; / We are weary; we have no rest.
5:6 We have given our hand to Egypt / And to Assyria, so as to be satisfied with bread.
5:7 Our fathers sinned and they are not, / And we ourselves bear their iniquities.
5:8 Slaves rule over us; / There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives / Because of the sword from the wilderness.
5:10 Our skin is black like an oven / Because of the burning heat of famine.
5:11 They have ravished the women in Zion, / The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12 Princes were hanged by them. / The faces of the elders were not honored.
5:13 The young men bore the mill, / And the young boys stumbled under the wood.
5:14 The old men have ceased from the gate, / The young men from their music.
5:15 The joy of our heart has ceased; / Our dance has been 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 is faint; / Because of these things our eyes are dim;
5:18 Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate ? / Foxes rove in it.
5:19 You, O Jehovah, abide forever; / Your throne is from generation to generation.
5:20 Why do You forget us forever / And forsake us for so long a time?
5:21 Turn us back to You, O Jehovah, and we will be turned; / Renew our days as before.
5:22 Or have You utterly rejected us? / Are You exceedingly angry with us?