^{1 Ref} Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.

^{2 Ref} Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.

^{3 Ref} We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

^{4 Ref} We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.

^{5 Ref} Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.

^{6 Ref} We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.

^{7 Ref} Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.

^{8 Ref} Servants are ruling over us, and there is no one to make us free from their hands.

^{9 Ref} We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.

^{10 Ref} Our skin is heated like an oven because of our burning heat from need of food.

^{11 Ref} They took by force the women in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah.

^{12 Ref} Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.

^{13 Ref} The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

^{14 Ref} The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

^{15 Ref} The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

^{16 Ref} The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

^{17 Ref} Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

^{18 Ref} Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

^{19 Ref} You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal.

^{20 Ref} Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

^{21 Ref} Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.

^{22 Ref} But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.

^{1 Ref} Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.

^{2 Ref} Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.

^{3 Ref} We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

^{4 Ref} We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.

^{5 Ref} Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

^{6 Ref} We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

^{7 Ref} Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.

^{8 Ref} Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

^{9 Ref} We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

^{10 Ref} Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

^{11 Ref} They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

^{12 Ref} Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

^{13 Ref} The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

^{14 Ref} The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

^{15 Ref} The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

^{16 Ref} The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.

^{17 Ref} For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

^{18 Ref} For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.

^{19 Ref} You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

^{20 Ref} Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?

^{21 Ref} Turn you us to you, Yahweh, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

^{22 Ref} But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.

^{1 Ref} Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

^{2 Ref} Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

^{3 Ref} We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

^{4 Ref} We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

^{5 Ref} Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

^{6 Ref} We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

^{7 Ref} Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

^{8 Ref} Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

^{9 Ref} We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

^{10 Ref} Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

^{11 Ref} They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

^{12 Ref} Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

^{13 Ref} The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

^{14 Ref} The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

^{15 Ref} The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

^{16 Ref} The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

^{17 Ref} For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

^{18 Ref} For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

^{19 Ref} Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

^{20 Ref} Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, `And' forsake us so long time?

^{21 Ref} Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

^{22 Ref} But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.