^{1 Ref} Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold 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 unto us.

^{5 Ref} Our necks are under persecution: we labour, 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 have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

^{8 Ref} Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

^{9 Ref} We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

^{10 Ref} Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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

^{12 Ref} Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

^{13 Ref} They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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

^{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, that we have sinned!

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

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

^{19 Ref} Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne 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 LORD, 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.

^{1 Ref} Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

^{2 Ref} Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

^{3 Ref} Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers `are' as widows.

^{4 Ref} Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

^{5 Ref} For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.

^{6 Ref} `To' Egypt we have given a hand, `To' Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

^{7 Ref} Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

^{8 Ref} Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

^{9 Ref} With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

^{10 Ref} Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

^{11 Ref} Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins -- in cities of Judah.

^{12 Ref} Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

^{13 Ref} Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

^{14 Ref} The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

^{15 Ref} Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

^{16 Ref} Fallen hath the crown `from' our head, Wo `is' now to us, for we have sinned.

^{17 Ref} For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

^{18 Ref} For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

^{19 Ref} Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.

^{20 Ref} Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

^{21 Ref} Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

^{22 Ref} For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?

^{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.