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1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach !
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1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
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2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
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2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.
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3 We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
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3 We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.
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4 We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
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4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
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5 Our pursuers are at our necks ; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
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5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
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6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more ; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
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7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
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8 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
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8 Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands.
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9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
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9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
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10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
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10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
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11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
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11 Women have been ravished in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
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12 Princes were hung by their hands ; Elders were not respected.
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12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
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13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.
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13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
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14 Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.
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14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
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15 The joy of our hearts has ceased ; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
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15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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16 The crown has fallen from our head ; Woe to us, for we have sinned !
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16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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17 Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim ;
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17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
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18 Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.
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18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
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19 You, O LORD, rule forever ; Your throne is from generation to generation.
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19 You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
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20 Why do You forget us forever ? Why do You forsake us so long ?
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20 Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
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21 Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored ; Renew our days as of old,
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21 Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
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22 Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.
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22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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