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1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
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2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
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3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
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4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
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5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
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6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
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8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
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9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
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10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
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11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
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12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
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13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
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14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
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15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
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16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
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18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
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19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
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20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
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21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
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22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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- 1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
- 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
- 3 We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
- 4 We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
- 5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
- 6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- 7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
- 8 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
- 9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
- 10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
- 11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
- 12 Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
- 13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.
- 14 Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.
- 15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
- 16 The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- 17 Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;
- 18 Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.
- 19 You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
- 20 Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
- 21 Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
- 22 Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.
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