1 R emember, O Lord, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!

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

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

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

3 W e have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.

We are orphans without father; our mothers are as widows.

4 W e have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

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

5 O ur pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

Our necks are under persecution; we are become tired and have no rest.

6 W e have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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

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

Our fathers have sinned and are dead; and we have borne their chastisements.

8 S laves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

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

9 W e get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.

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

10 O ur skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

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

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

They ravished the women in Zion and the virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 P rinces were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

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

13 Y oung men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.

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

14 E lders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.

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

15 T he joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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

16 T he crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!

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

17 B ecause of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;

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

18 B ecause of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.

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

19 Y ou, O Lord, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

Thou, O LORD, shall remain for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

20 W hy do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?

Why should thou forget us for ever and forsake us for such a long time?

21 R estore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,

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

22 U nless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.

For in stepping back thou hast rejected us; thou hast become very angry against us.