1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
3Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
4Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
5We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
6We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
7We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5.4 is…: Heb. cometh for price
8We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5.4 is…: Heb. cometh for price
9Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.5.5 Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted
10Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.5.5 Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted
11We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
12We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
13Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
14Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
15Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
16Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
17We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
18We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
19Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.5.10 terrible: or, terrors, or, storms
20Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.5.10 terrible: or, terrors, or, storms
21They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
22They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
23Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
24Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
25They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
26They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
27The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
28The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
29The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
30The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
31The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!5.16 The…: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen
32The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!5.16 The…: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen
33For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
34For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
35Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
36Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
37Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
38Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
39Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?5.20 so…: Heb. for length of days?
40Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?5.20 so…: Heb. for length of days?
41Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
42Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
43But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.5.22 But…: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?
44But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.5.22 But…: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?