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Prayer for Restoration
Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold our reproach!
Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold our reproach!
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 aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
And our houses to foreigners.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
our homes to foreigners.
We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like widows.
Our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
our mothers are like widows.
We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
And our wood comes 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.
Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
we are weary; we are given no rest.
We have given our hand to the Egyptians
And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria,
to get bread enough.
to get bread enough.
Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
But we bear their iniquities.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
and we bear their iniquities.
and we bear their iniquities.
Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
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 wilderness.
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
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,
Because of the fever of famine.
Because of the fever of famine.
Our skin is hot as an oven
with the burning heat of famine.
with the burning heat of famine.
They ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
young women in the towns of Judah.
Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
And elders were not respected.
Princes are hung up by their hands;
no respect is shown to the elders.
no respect is shown to the elders.
Young men ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
Boys staggered 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 have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their music.
And the young men from their music.
The old men have left the city gate,
the young men their music.
the young men their music.
The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into mourning.
Our dance has turned into 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 heart is 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,
Because of Mount Zion which is desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.
With foxes walking about on it.
for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
jackals prowl over it.
jackals prowl over it.
You, O Lord, remain forever;
Your throne from generation to generation.
Your throne 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 forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
And forsake us for so long a time?
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, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old —
Renew our days as of old —