1 R emember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.

2 O ur inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.

3 W e are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

4 W e have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.

5 O ur necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

6 W e have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

7 O ur fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.

8 S ervants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

Servants rule over us: There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.

9 W e gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 O ur skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

11 T hey ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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

12 P rinces are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

13 T hey took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

14 T he elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

15 T he joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

16 T he crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.

17 F or this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

18 B ecause of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.

19 T hou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

20 W herefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

Why do you forget us forever, And forsake us so long time?

21 T urn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old.

22 B ut thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.