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1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
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Remember, ADONAI, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
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The land we possessed has been passed on to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
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We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers now are widows.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
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We have to pay to drink our own water; we have to buy our own wood.
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
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The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted; we toil to exhaustion but are given no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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We made pacts with Egypt and Ashur to get enough food.
7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
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Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist; we bear the weight of their guilt.
8 Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
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We are ruled by slaves, and there is no one to save us from their power.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
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We get our food at the peril of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
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Our skins are as black as a furnace because of the searing blasts of famine.
11 Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
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They have raped the women of Tziyon, virgins in the cities of Y'hudah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
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Princes are hung up by their hands, leaders receive no respect.
13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
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Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
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The old men have deserted the city gate, the young men have given up their music.
15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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Joy has vanished from our hearts, our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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The crown has fallen from our heads. Woe to us! for we have sinned.
17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
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This is why our hearts are sick; this is why our eyes grow dim -
18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
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it's because of Mount Tziyon, so wasted that jackals have overrun it.
19 You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
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You, ADONAI, reign forever; your throne endures through all generations.
20 Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
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Why do you never remember us? Why abandon us for so long a time?
21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
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ADONAI, turn us back to you; and we will come back; renew our days, as they were in the past -
22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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unless you have totally rejected us in a fury that knows no limits. [ADONAI, turn us back to you; and we will come back; renew our days, as they were in the past.]
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