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5:1  Remember, Lord, what happened to us. Look and see our disgrace.
5:2  Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
5:3  We have become orphans without a father. Our mothers are widows.
5:4  We pay money to drink our own water. We must buy firewood for a price.
5:5  Our pursuers are at our throat. We are exhausted. We are given no rest.
5:6  We have made a deal with Egypt and Assyria to have enough bread.
5:7  Our fathers sinned. They are no more, and we have borne their guilt.
5:8  Slaves rule over us. No one rescues us from their hand.
5:9  We get bread at the risk of our life because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:10  Our skin is as hot as an oven because of fever from hunger.
5:11  Women in Zion have been violated, virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12  Officials have been hung up by their hands. The dignity of elders has not been respected.
5:13  The best young men must grind grain, and boys stumble under loads of wood.
5:14  Elders are no longer seated in the city gate. The best young men no longer play music.
5:15  The joy of our hearts has ceased. Our dancing has turned into mourning.
5:16  The crown has fallen off our head. Woe to us, because we have sinned!
5:17  Our heart is sick over this. Over these things our eyes have grown dim—
5:18  over Mount Zion, which is devastated, so that jackals prowl on it.
5:19  You, Lord, remain forever. Your throne remains for generation after generation.
5:20  Why do you forget us completely? Why do you abandon us for so long?
5:21  Lord, turn us back to you, and we will return. Renew our days like long ago,
5:22  unless you have completely rejected us and you will be angry at us without limit.