1 R emember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!

2 O ur inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.

3 O rphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers as widows.

We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.

4 O ur water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.

5 F or our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.

They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.

6 E gypt we have given a hand, Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

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

7 O ur fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.

8 S ervants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.

9 W ith our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

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

10 O ur skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.

11 W ives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins -- in cities of Judah.

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

12 P rinces by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.

13 Y oung men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.

14 T he aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

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

15 C eased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

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

16 F allen hath the crown our head, Wo now to us, for we have sinned.

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 F or this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

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

18 F or the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.

19 T hou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.

You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.

20 W hy for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?

21 T urn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

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

22 F or hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?

Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!