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1 LORD, consider what has become of us; take notice of our disgrace. Look at it!
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Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!
2 Our property has been turned over to strangers; our houses belong to foreigners.
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Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, having no father; our mothers are like widows.
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We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
4 We drink our own water—but for a price; we gather our own wood—but pay for it.
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We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
5 Our hunters have been at our necks; we are worn out, but have no rest.
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Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest.
6 We held out a hand to Egypt and to Assyria, to get sufficient food.
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We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.
7 Our fathers have sinned and are gone, but we are burdened with their iniquities.
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Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.
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Slaves 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 desert heat.
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We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
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Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.
11 Women have been raped in Zion, young women in Judah's cities.
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Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.
12 Officials have been hung up by their hands; elders have been shown no respect.
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Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men have carried grinding stones; boys have stumbled under loads of wood.
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Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 Elders have left the city gate; young people stop their music.
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The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.
15 Joy has left our heart; our dancing has changed into lamentation.
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The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.
16 The crown has fallen off our head. We are doomed because we have sinned.
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The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of all this our heart is sick; because of these things our glance is dark.
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For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,
18 Mount Zion, now deserted— only jackals walk on it now!
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for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.
19 But you, LORD, will rule forever; your throne lasts from one generation to the next.
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But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.
20 Why do you forget us continually; why do you abandon us for such a long time?
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Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
21 Return us, LORD, to yourself. Please let us return! Give us new days, like those long ago—
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Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old--
22 unless you have completely rejected us, or have become too angry with us.
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unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us.
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