| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace! | 1Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. |
| 3We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. | 3We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows. |
| 4We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought. | 4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price. |
| 5Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. | 5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest. |
| 6We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough. | 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. |
| 7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities. | 7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. |
| 8Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand. | 8Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands. |
| 9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert. |
| 10Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. | 10Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger. |
| 11Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. | 11Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah. |
| 12Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders. | 12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. |
| 13Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood. | 13Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. |
| 14The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music. | 14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. |
| 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. | 15Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! | 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! |
| 17For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim, | 17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim |
| 18for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. | 18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. |
| 19But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. | 19You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days? | 20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? |
| 21Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old— | 21Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old |
| 22unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us. | 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure. |
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