| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! | 1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Pay attention, and look at our shame! |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our homes to foreigners. |
| 3We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows. | 3We are now orphans—without fathers— and our mothers are like widows. |
| 4We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price. | 4We pay to drink our own water, and our own wood is sold to us at high price. |
| 5Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. | 5Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us. |
| 6We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. | 6We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food. |
| 7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities. | 7Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin. |
| 8Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. | 8Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control. |
| 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert. |
| 10Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. | 10Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine. |
| 11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. | 11They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. |
| 12Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. | 12Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected. |
| 13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. | 13Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood. |
| 14Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. | 14Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music. |
| 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. | 15The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! | 16The crown has fallen from our head— woe to us, because we have sinned! |
| 17Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim; | 17This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim: |
| 18Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it. | 18Because Mount Zion is desolate; foxes roam around it. |
| 19You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. | 19You, LORD, are forever— your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? | 20So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long? |
| 21Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old, | 21Restore us to yourself, LORD, so that we may return. Renew our days as before, |
| 22Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us. | 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us without limit. |
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