NASB77 Lamentations 5 Chapter
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5:1
Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
5:3
We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
5:4
We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes [to us] at a price.
5:5
Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
5:6
We have submitted to Egypt [and] Assyria to get enough bread.
5:7
Our fathers sinned, [and] are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
5:8
Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
5:9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:10
Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
5:11
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12
Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
5:13
Young men worked at the grinding mill; And youths stumbled under [loads] of wood.
5:14
Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.
5:15
The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
5:16
The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
5:17
Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes are dim;
5:18
Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.
5:19
Thou, O LORD, dost rule forever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
5:20
Why dost Thou forget us forever; Why dost Thou forsake us so long?
5:21
Restore us to Thee, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
5:22
Unless Thou hast utterly rejected us, [And] art exceedingly angry with us.