| | 1 | Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach! | |
| | 2 | Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners. | |
| | 3 | We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows. | |
| | 4 | We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price. | |
| | 5 | They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest. | |
| | 6 | We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. | |
| | 7 | Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities. | |
| | 8 | Servants rule over us; There is none 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 is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine. | |
| | 11 | They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah. | |
| | 12 | Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected. | |
| | 13 | Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood. | |
| | 14 | The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music. | |
| | 15 | The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has 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 grow dim; | |
| | 18 | Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it. | |
| | 19 | You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation. | |
| | 20 | Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time? | |
| | 21 | Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old, | |
| | 22 | Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us! | |
