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5:1  O Lord, remember what has come upon us; Look, and see our reproach (national 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 like widows.
5:4  We have to pay for our drinking water; Our wood comes to us at a price.
5:5  Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
5:6  We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
5:7  Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have carried their sin.
5:8  Servants rule over us; There is no one to rescue us out of their hand.
5:9  We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].
5:10  Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.
5:11  They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12  Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
5:13  Young men worked at the grinding mill, And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood.
5:14  Elders are gone from the gate; Young men from their music.
5:15  The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
5:16  The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]! 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  As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, Foxes and the jackals prowl over it.
5:19  But You, O Lord, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to [all] generations.
5:20  Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
5:21  Return us to You, O Lord, so that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
5:22  Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.