1 R emember, O Lord, what has 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 has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.

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

3 W e have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.

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

4 W e pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.

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

5 T hey pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.

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

6 W e have given our hand to the Egyptians And 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 sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.

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

8 S ervants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.

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

9 W e get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in 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 is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.

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

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

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

12 P rinces were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.

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

13 Y oung men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.

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

14 T he elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And 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 has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart hath 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 unto us, for we have sinned!

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

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

18 B ecause of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.

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

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

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

20 W hy do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?

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

21 T urn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,

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

22 U nless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!

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