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Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord
Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see our disgrace!
Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see our disgrace!
A Prayer for Mercy and Restoration
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
our homes to foreigners.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
our mothers are like widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
the wood we get must be bought.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
we are weary; we are given no rest.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria,
to get bread enough.
to get bread enough.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
and we bear their iniquities.
and we bear their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Slaves rule over us;
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
because of the sword in the wilderness.
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Our skin is hot as an oven
with the burning heat of famine.
with the burning heat of famine.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
young women in the towns of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
Princes are hung up by their hands;
no respect is shown to the elders.
no respect is shown to the elders.
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Young men are compelled to grind at the mill,
and boys stagger under loads of wood.
and boys stagger under loads of wood.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
The old men have left the city gate,
the young men their music.
the young men their music.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has been turned to mourning.
our dancing has been turned to mourning.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
woe to us, for we have sinned!
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
For this our heart has become sick,
for these things our eyes have grown dim,
for these things our eyes have grown dim,
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
jackals prowl over it.
jackals prowl over it.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations.
your throne endures to all generations.
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
why do you forsake us for so many days?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old —
Renew our days as of old —
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.