1 Remember o Lord what is fallen to us: behold, and regard our reproach.
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
3 We are made pupils without father: our mothers are as it were widows.
3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
4 Our water we have drunk for money: our wood we have bought for a price.
4 We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
5 We were led by our necks, no rest was given to the weary.
5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
6 We have given our hand to Ægypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be filled with bread.
6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, & they are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there was none that would redeem us out of their hand.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
9 In peril of our lives did we fetch us bread, at the face of the sword in the desert.
9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the tempests of famine.
10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.
11 They humbled the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
11 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
12 The Princes were hanged up by the hand: they did not reverence the faces of the ancients.
12 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.
13 Young men they abused unchastely: and the children fell in wood.
13 They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
14 The ancients decayed out of the gates: the youngmen out of the choir of the singers.
14 The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.
15 The joy of our heart hath failed, our choir is turned into mourning.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.
16 The crown of our head is fallen: woe to us, because we have sinned.
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned.
17 Therefore is our heart made sorrowful, therefore are our eyes darkened.
17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim.
18 For mount Sion, because it is perished, foxes have walked on it.
18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
19 But thou o Lord shalt remain for ever, thy throne in generation and to generation.
19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain forever, thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Why wilt thou for ever be forgetful of us? Wilt thou forsake us in length of days?
20 Why wilt thou forget us forever? Why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
21 Convert us o Lord to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
22 But rejecting thou hast rejected us, thou art angry against us exceedingly.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry against us.