1 R emember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.

Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold 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 O ur water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

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

5 O ur pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

6 W e have given the hand to Egypt, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

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

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

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

8 B ondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.

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

9 W e have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 O ur skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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

They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

13 T he young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.

They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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

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

15 T he joy of our heart hath 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, for we have sinned!

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

17 F or this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown 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: foxes walk over it.

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

19 T hou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.

Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

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

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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

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

22 O r is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?

But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.