Lamentations 5

¹Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us.

²Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

³We have become fatherless orphans;

⁴We must buy the water we drink;

⁵We are closely pursued;

⁶We submitted to Egypt and Assyria

⁷Our fathers sinned and are no more,

⁸Slaves rule over us;

⁹We get our bread at the risk of our lives

¹⁰Our skin is as hot as an oven

¹¹Women have been ravished in Zion,

¹²Princes have been hung up by their hands;

¹³Young men toil at millstones;

¹⁴The elders have left the city gate;

¹⁵Joy has left our hearts;

¹⁶The crown has fallen from our head.

¹⁷Because of this, our hearts are faint;

¹⁸because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate,

¹⁹You, O LORD, reign forever;

²⁰Why have You forgotten us forever?

²¹Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return;

²²unless You have utterly rejected us