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Prayer for Restoration
LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
A Prayer for Mercy
Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our reproach!
Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our reproach!
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 houses to aliens.
Our houses to aliens.
We are orphaned and fatherless.
Our mothers are widowed.
Our mothers are widowed.
We have become orphans without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.
Our mothers are like widows.
We have to pay for water to drink,
and even firewood is expensive.
and even firewood is expensive.
We have to pay for our drinking water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.
Our wood comes to us at a price.
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough food to survive.
to get enough food to survive.
We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Our ancestors sinned, but they have died —
and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
Slaves have now become our masters;
there is no one left to rescue us.
there is no one left to rescue us.
Slaves rule over us;
There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,
for violence rules the countryside.
for violence rules the countryside.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
The famine has blackened our skin
as though baked in an oven.
as though baked in an oven.
Our skin has become as hot as an oven,
Because of the burning heat of famine.
Because of the burning heat of famine.
They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,
and our elders are treated with contempt.
and our elders are treated with contempt.
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
Elders were not respected.
Young men are led away to work at millstones,
and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
Young men worked at the grinding mill,
And youths stumbled under loads of wood.
And youths stumbled under loads of wood.
The elders no longer sit in the city gates;
the young men no longer dance and sing.
the young men no longer dance and sing.
Elders are gone from the gate,
Young men from their music.
Young men from their music.
Joy has left 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 into mourning.
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head;
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Our hearts are sick and weary,
and our eyes grow dim with tears.
and our eyes grow dim with tears.
Because of this our heart is faint,
Because of these things our eyes are dim;
Because of these things our eyes are dim;
Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate,
Foxes prowl in it.
Foxes prowl in it.
But LORD, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
You, O LORD, rule forever;
Your throne is from generation to generation.
Your throne is from generation to generation.
Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Why do You forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us so long?
Why do You forsake us so long?
Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!
Give us back the joys we once had!
Give us back the joys we once had!
Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored;
Renew our days as of old,
Renew our days as of old,