1 ¶ Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; look, and behold our reproach.

Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, 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 without father; our mothers are as widows.

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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

Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

5 O ur necks are under persecution; we are become tired and have no rest.

Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we 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 Egypt, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

7 O ur fathers have sinned and are dead; and we have borne their chastisements.

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

8 S laves have ruled over us: there was no one to deliver us out of their hand.

Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.

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

We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.

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

Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.

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

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

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

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

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

The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled 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 music.

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

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

16 T he crown is fallen from our head; woe now unto us, for we have sinned!

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

17 ¶ For this our heart is saddened; for these things our eyes are become dim.

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

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

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

19 T hou, O LORD, shall remain for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.

20 W hy should thou forget us for ever and forsake us for such a long time?

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

21 T urn us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as at the beginning.

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

22 F or in stepping back thou hast rejected us; thou hast become very angry against us.

Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?