^1. REMEMBER, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!

^2. Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.

^3. We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.

^4. [1] We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

^5. [2] Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

^6. We have [4] submitted to Egypt and Assyria [3] to get enough bread.

^7. Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

^8. Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

^9. We get our bread [6] at the risk of our lives [5] Because of the sword in the wilderness.

^10. Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of [7] the burning heat of famine.

^11. They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

^12. Princes were hung by their hands; [8] Elders were not respected.

^13. Young men [9] worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.

^14. Elders [10] are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.

^15. The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

^16. The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!

^17. Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;

^18. Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.

^19. You, O LORD, [11] rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

^20. Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us [12] so long?

^21. Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,

^22. Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.