1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us.…
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,…
3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are…
4We must buy the water we drink; our…
5We are closely pursued; we are weary and…
6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get…
7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but…
8Slaves rule over us; there is no one…
9We get our bread at the risk of…
10Our skin is as hot as an oven…
11Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in…
12Princes have been hung up by their hands;…
13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under…
14The elders have left the city gate; the…
15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has…
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe…
17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because…
18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled…
19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures…
20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have…
21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we…
22unless You have utterly rejected us and remain…
