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1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
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Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
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Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
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We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
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We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
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We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
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Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
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Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
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We fetched our bread 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 skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.
11 Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
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They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
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The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.
13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
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They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
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The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.
15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned.
17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
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Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim.
18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
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For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
19 You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
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But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
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Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
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Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry with us.
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