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[1] Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us.
Look, and see our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless.
Our mothers are as widows.
[4] We must pay for water to drink.
Our wood is sold to us.
[5] Our pursuers are on our necks.
We are weary, and have no rest.
[6] We have given our hands to the Egyptians,
and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
[7] Our fathers sinned, and are no more.
We have borne their iniquities.
[8] Servants rule over us.
There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
[9] We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
[10] Our skin is black like an oven,
because of the burning heat of famine.
[11] They ravished the women in Zion,
the virgins in the cities of Judah.
[12] Princes were hanged up by their hands.
The faces of elders were not honored.
[13] The young men carry millstones.
The children stumbled under loads of wood.
[14] The elders have ceased from the gate,
and the young men from their music.
[15] The joy of our heart has ceased.
Our dance is turned into mourning.
[16] The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
[17] For this our heart is faint.
For these things our eyes are dim:
[18] for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate.
The foxes walk on it. [19] You, Yahweh, remain forever.
Your throne is from generation to generation.
[20] Why do you forget us forever,
and forsake us for so long a time?
[21] Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned.
Renew our days as of old.
[22] But you have utterly rejected us.
You are very angry against us.
Look, and see our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless.
Our mothers are as widows.
[4] We must pay for water to drink.
Our wood is sold to us.
[5] Our pursuers are on our necks.
We are weary, and have no rest.
[6] We have given our hands to the Egyptians,
and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
[7] Our fathers sinned, and are no more.
We have borne their iniquities.
[8] Servants rule over us.
There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
[9] We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
[10] Our skin is black like an oven,
because of the burning heat of famine.
[11] They ravished the women in Zion,
the virgins in the cities of Judah.
[12] Princes were hanged up by their hands.
The faces of elders were not honored.
[13] The young men carry millstones.
The children stumbled under loads of wood.
[14] The elders have ceased from the gate,
and the young men from their music.
[15] The joy of our heart has ceased.
Our dance is turned into mourning.
[16] The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
[17] For this our heart is faint.
For these things our eyes are dim:
[18] for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate.
The foxes walk on it. [19] You, Yahweh, remain forever.
Your throne is from generation to generation.
[20] Why do you forget us forever,
and forsake us for so long a time?
[21] Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned.
Renew our days as of old.
[22] But you have utterly rejected us.
You are very angry against us.
King James Version
[1] Remember, H2142 (QalImpv) O Lord, H3068 what is come upon us:
Consider, H5027 (HiphImpv) and behold H7200 (QalImpv) our reproach. H2781
[2] Our inheritance H5159 is turned H2015 (NiphPerf) to strangers, H2114 (QalPtc)
Our houses H1004 to aliens. H5237
[3] We are orphans H3490 and fatherless, H369
Our mothers H517 are as widows. H490
[4] We have drunken H8354 (QalPerf) our water H4325 for money; H3701
Our wood H6086 is sold H935 (QalImpf) unto us.§
[5] Our necks H6677 are under persecution:§ H7291 (NiphPerf)
We labour, H3021 (QalPerf) and have no rest. H5117 (HophPerf)
[6] We have given H5414 (QalPerf) the hand H3027 to the Egyptians, H4714
And to the Assyrians, H804 to be satisfied H7646 (QalInf) with bread. H3899
[7] Our fathers H1 have sinned, H2398 (QalPerf) and are not; H369
And we have borne H5445 (QalPerf) their iniquities. H5771
[8] Servants H5650 have ruled H4910 (QalPerf) over us:
There is none that doth deliver H6561 (QalActPtc) us out of their hand. H3027
[9] We gat H935 (HiphImpf) our bread H3899 with the peril of our lives H5315
Because H6440 of the sword H2719 of the wilderness. H4057
[10] Our skin H5785 was black H3648 (NiphPerf) like an oven H8574
Because H6440 of the terrible H2152§ famine. H7458
[11] They ravished H6031 (PielPerf) the women H802 in Zion, H6726
And the maids H1330 in the cities H5892 of Judah. H3063
[12] Princes H8269 are hanged up H8518 (NiphPerf) by their hand: H3027
The faces H6440 of elders H2205 were not honoured. H1921 (NiphPerf)
[13] They took H5375 (QalPerf) the young men H970 to grind, H2911
And the children H5288 fell H3782 (QalPerf) under the wood. H6086
[14] The elders H2205 have ceased H7673 (QalPerf) from the gate, H8179
The young men H970 from their musick. H5058
[15] The joy H4885 of our heart H3820 is ceased; H7673 (QalPerf)
Our dance H4234 is turned H2015 (NiphPerf) into mourning. H60
[16] The crown H5850 is fallen H5307 (QalPerf) from our head:§ H7218
Woe H188 unto us, that we have sinned! H2398 (QalPerf)
[17] For this our heart H3820 is faint; H1739
For these things our eyes H5869 are dim. H2821 (QalPerf)
[18] Because of the mountain H2022 of Zion, H6726 which is desolate, H8074 (QalPerf)
The foxes H7776 walk H1980 (PielPerf) upon it.
[19] Thou, O Lord, H3068 remainest H3427 (QalImpf) for ever; H5769
Thy throne H3678 from generation H1755 to generation. H1755
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget H7911 (QalImpf) us for ever, H5331
And forsake H5800 (QalImpf) us so long H753 time? H3117§
[21] Turn H7725 (HiphImpv) thou us unto thee, O Lord, H3068 and we shall be turned; H7725 (QalImpf)
Renew H2318 (PielImpv) our days H3117 as of old. H6924
[22] But thou hast utterly H3988 (QalInf) rejected H3988 (QalPerf) us;§
Thou art very H3966 wroth H7107 (QalPerf) against us.
Consider, H5027 (HiphImpv) and behold H7200 (QalImpv) our reproach. H2781
[2] Our inheritance H5159 is turned H2015 (NiphPerf) to strangers, H2114 (QalPtc)
Our houses H1004 to aliens. H5237
[3] We are orphans H3490 and fatherless, H369
Our mothers H517 are as widows. H490
[4] We have drunken H8354 (QalPerf) our water H4325 for money; H3701
Our wood H6086 is sold H935 (QalImpf) unto us.§
[5] Our necks H6677 are under persecution:§ H7291 (NiphPerf)
We labour, H3021 (QalPerf) and have no rest. H5117 (HophPerf)
[6] We have given H5414 (QalPerf) the hand H3027 to the Egyptians, H4714
And to the Assyrians, H804 to be satisfied H7646 (QalInf) with bread. H3899
[7] Our fathers H1 have sinned, H2398 (QalPerf) and are not; H369
And we have borne H5445 (QalPerf) their iniquities. H5771
[8] Servants H5650 have ruled H4910 (QalPerf) over us:
There is none that doth deliver H6561 (QalActPtc) us out of their hand. H3027
[9] We gat H935 (HiphImpf) our bread H3899 with the peril of our lives H5315
Because H6440 of the sword H2719 of the wilderness. H4057
[10] Our skin H5785 was black H3648 (NiphPerf) like an oven H8574
Because H6440 of the terrible H2152§ famine. H7458
[11] They ravished H6031 (PielPerf) the women H802 in Zion, H6726
And the maids H1330 in the cities H5892 of Judah. H3063
[12] Princes H8269 are hanged up H8518 (NiphPerf) by their hand: H3027
The faces H6440 of elders H2205 were not honoured. H1921 (NiphPerf)
[13] They took H5375 (QalPerf) the young men H970 to grind, H2911
And the children H5288 fell H3782 (QalPerf) under the wood. H6086
[14] The elders H2205 have ceased H7673 (QalPerf) from the gate, H8179
The young men H970 from their musick. H5058
[15] The joy H4885 of our heart H3820 is ceased; H7673 (QalPerf)
Our dance H4234 is turned H2015 (NiphPerf) into mourning. H60
[16] The crown H5850 is fallen H5307 (QalPerf) from our head:§ H7218
Woe H188 unto us, that we have sinned! H2398 (QalPerf)
[17] For this our heart H3820 is faint; H1739
For these things our eyes H5869 are dim. H2821 (QalPerf)
[18] Because of the mountain H2022 of Zion, H6726 which is desolate, H8074 (QalPerf)
The foxes H7776 walk H1980 (PielPerf) upon it.
[19] Thou, O Lord, H3068 remainest H3427 (QalImpf) for ever; H5769
Thy throne H3678 from generation H1755 to generation. H1755
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget H7911 (QalImpf) us for ever, H5331
And forsake H5800 (QalImpf) us so long H753 time? H3117§
[21] Turn H7725 (HiphImpv) thou us unto thee, O Lord, H3068 and we shall be turned; H7725 (QalImpf)
Renew H2318 (PielImpv) our days H3117 as of old. H6924
[22] But thou hast utterly H3988 (QalInf) rejected H3988 (QalPerf) us;§
Thou art very H3966 wroth H7107 (QalPerf) against us.
Footnotes
- § 5:4 Heb. cometh for price
- § 5:5 Heb. on our necks are we persecuted
- § 5:10 Or, terrors or storms
- § 5:16 Heb. the crown of our head is fallen [† symbol is missing in 1611 text]
- § 5:20 Heb. for length of days
- § 5:22 Or, for wilt thou utterly reject us?
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