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A Prayer for Mercy and Restoration
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
look, and see our disgrace.
look, and see our disgrace.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
our homes to foreigners.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We have become fatherless,
our mothers are widows.
our mothers are widows.
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
We must buy the water we drink;
our wood can be had only at a price.
our wood can be had only at a price.
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are weary and find no rest.
we are weary and find no rest.
We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough bread.
to get enough bread.
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
Our ancestors sinned and are no more,
and we bear their punishment.
and we bear their punishment.
Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
Slaves rule over us,
and there is no one to free us from their hands.
and there is no one to free us from their hands.
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the desert.
because of the sword in the desert.
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
Our skin is hot as an oven,
feverish from hunger.
feverish from hunger.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
Women have been violated in Zion,
and virgins in the towns of Judah.
and virgins in the towns of Judah.
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
Princes have been hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
elders are shown no respect.
The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
Young men toil at the millstones;
boys stagger under loads of wood.
boys stagger under loads of wood.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
The elders are gone from the city gate;
the young men have stopped their music.
the young men have stopped their music.
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Joy is gone from our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
our dancing has turned to mourning.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
Because of this our hearts are faint,
because of these things our eyes grow dim
because of these things our eyes grow dim
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
with jackals prowling over it.
with jackals prowling over it.
Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
You, Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures from generation to generation.
your throne endures from generation to generation.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
Why do you always forget us?
Why do you forsake us so long?
Why do you forsake us so long?
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
renew our days as of old
renew our days as of old