1  ^cRemember, O Lord, what has befallen us;

look, and see ^dour disgrace!

2  ^eOur inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

our homes to foreigners.

3  We have become orphans, fatherless;

our mothers are like widows.

4  We must pay for the water we drink;

the wood we get must be bought.

5  ^fOur pursuers are at our necks;

we are weary; we are given no rest.

6  We have given the hand to ^gEgypt, and to ^gAssyria,

to get bread enough.

7  Our fathers sinned, and are no more;

^hand we bear their iniquities.

8  ⁱSlaves rule over us;

there is none to deliver us from their hand.

9  ^jWe get our bread at the peril of our lives,

because of the sword in the wilderness.

10  ^kOur skin is hot as an oven

with ^lthe burning heat of famine.

11  Women are raped in Zion,

young women in the towns of Judah.

12  ^mPrinces are hung up by their hands;

ⁿno respect is shown to the elders.

13  Young men are compelled to ^ogrind at the mill,

and boys stagger ^punder loads of wood.

14  ⁿThe old men have left the city gate,

the young men ^qtheir music.

15  ^qThe joy of our hearts has ceased;

^rour dancing has been turned to mourning.

16  ^sThe crown has fallen from our head;

woe to us, for we have sinned!

17  For this ^tour heart has become sick,

for these things ^uour eyes have grown dim,

18  for Mount Zion which lies desolate;

^vjackals prowl over it.

19  ^wBut you, O Lord, reign forever;

your throne endures to all generations.

20  ^xWhy do you forget us forever,

why do you forsake us for so many days?

21  ^yRestore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!

Renew our days as of old—

22  ^zunless you have utterly rejected us,

and you remain exceedingly angry with us.