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Lamentations 5

A Prayer for Mercy

¹Remember, Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and see our disgrace!

²Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

³We have become orphans, without a father; Our mothers are like widows.

⁴We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

⁵Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, we are given no rest.

⁶We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

⁷Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.

⁸Slaves rule over us; There is no one to rescue us from their hand.

⁹We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.

¹¹They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²Leaders were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

¹³Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths staggered under loads of wood.

¹⁴Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their music.

¹⁵The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

¹⁶The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!

¹⁷Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;

¹⁸Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Jackals prowl in it.

¹⁹¶You, Lord, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

²⁰Why will You forget us forever? Why do You abandon us for so long?

²¹Restore us to You, Lord, so that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,

²²Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.

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