Lam 5 | NASB1995 | STEP | Remember , O Lord , what has befallen us; Look , and see our reproach !

‏ Lamentations 5

A Prayer for Mercy

1 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our ^areproach!
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to ^bstrangers,
Our ^chouses to aliens.
3 We have become orphans ^dwithout a father,
Our mothers are like widows.
4 ^{▼▼ Lit We drink our water for silver}We have to pay for our drinking ^fwater,
Our wood comes to us at a price.
5 ^{▼▼ Lit We have been pursued upon}Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is ^hno rest for us.
6 We have ^{▼▼ Lit given the hand to}submitted to ^jEgypt and Assyria ^{▼▼ Lit to be satisfied with}to get enough bread.
7 Our ^lfathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
8 ^mSlaves rule over us;
There is ⁿno one to deliver us from their hand.
9 We get our bread ^{▼▼ Lit with our soul}at the ^prisk of our lives
^{▼▼ Or In the face of}Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin has become as ^rhot as an oven,
Because of ^{▼▼ Or the ravages of hunger}the burning heat of famine.
11 They ravished the ^twomen in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung by their hands;
^{▼▼ Lit The faces of elders
,} ^vElders were not respected.
13 Young men ^{▼▼ Lit carry
,} ^xworked at the grinding mill,
And youths ^ystumbled under loads of wood.
14 Elders ^{▼▼ Lit have ceased}are gone from the gate,
Young men from their ^aamusic.
15 The joy of our hearts has ^abceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
16 The ^accrown has fallen from our head;
^adWoe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our ^aeheart is faint,
Because of these things our ^afeyes are dim;
18 Because of ^agMount Zion which lies desolate,
^ahFoxes prowl in it.

19 ^aiYou, O Lord, ^{▼▼ Lit sit}rule forever;
Your ^akthrone is from generation to generation.
20 Why do You ^alforget us forever?
Why do You forsake us ^{▼▼ Lit to length of days}so long?
21 ^anRestore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored;
Renew ^aoour days as of old,
22 Unless ^apYou have utterly rejected us
And are exceedingly ^aqangry with us.