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Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
look, and see our disgrace.
look, and see our disgrace.
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!
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
our homes to foreigners.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
our homes to foreigners.
We have become fatherless,
our mothers are widows.
our mothers are widows.
We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
our mothers are like widows.
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.
We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
the wood we get must be bought.
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are weary and find no rest.
we are weary and find no rest.
Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
we are weary; we are given no rest.
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough bread.
to get enough bread.
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria,
to get bread enough.
to get bread enough.
Our ancestors sinned and are no more,
and we bear their punishment.
and we bear their punishment.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
and we bear their iniquities.
and we bear their iniquities.
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.
Slaves rule over us;
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the desert.
because of the sword in the desert.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
because of the sword in the wilderness.
Our skin is hot as an oven,
feverish from hunger.
feverish from hunger.
Our skin is hot as an oven
with the burning heat of famine.
with the burning heat of famine.
Women have been violated in Zion,
and virgins in the towns of Judah.
and virgins in the towns of Judah.
Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
young women in the towns of Judah.
Princes have been hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
elders are shown no respect.
Princes are hung up by their hands;
no respect is shown to the elders.
no respect is shown to the elders.
Young men toil at the millstones;
boys stagger under loads of wood.
boys stagger under loads of wood.
Young men are compelled to grind at the mill,
and boys stagger under loads of wood.
and boys stagger under loads of wood.
The elders are gone from the city gate;
the young men have stopped their music.
the young men have stopped their music.
The old men have left the city gate,
the young men their music.
the young men their music.
Joy is gone from our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
our dancing has turned to mourning.
The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has been turned to mourning.
our dancing has been turned to mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Woe to 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!
Because of this our hearts are faint,
because of these things our eyes grow dim
because of these things our eyes grow dim
For this our heart has become sick,
for these things our eyes have grown dim,
for these things our eyes have grown dim,
for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
with jackals prowling over it.
with jackals prowling over it.
for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
jackals prowl over it.
jackals prowl over it.
You, Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures from generation to generation.
your throne endures from generation to generation.
But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations.
your throne endures to all generations.
Why do you always forget us?
Why do you forsake us so long?
Why do you forsake us so long?
Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
why do you forsake us for so many days?
Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
renew our days as of old
renew our days as of old
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old —
Renew our days as of old —