1Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us:…
2Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses…
3We are become orphans without a father: our…
4We have drunk our water for money: we…
5We were dragged by the necks, we were…
6We have given our hand to Egypt, and…
7Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and…
8Servants have ruled over us: there was none…
9We fetched our bread at the peril of…
10Our skin was burnt as an oven, by…
11They oppressed the women in Sion, and the…
12The princes were hanged up by their hand:…
13They abused the young men indecently: and the…
14The ancients have ceased from the gates: the…
15The joy of our heart is ceased, our…
16The crown is fallen from our head woe…
17Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our…
18For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes…
19But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever,…
20Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why…
21Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we…
22But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art…
