5:1 Remember, Lord, what has come upon 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 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, we are given no rest.
5:6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
5:7 Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
5:8 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to rescue us from their hand.
5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.
5:11 They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12 Leaders were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
5:13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths staggered under loads of wood.
5:14 Elders are absent 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; 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 lies desolate, Jackals prowl in it.
5:19 You, Lord, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
5:20 Why will You forget us forever? Why do You abandon us for so long?
5:21 Restore us to You, 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.
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