| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! | 1O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace. |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. | 2Our inheritance is turned over to strangers; foreigners now occupy our homes. |
| 3We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows. | 3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows. |
| 4We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price. | 4We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price. |
| 5Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. | 5We are pursued--they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest. |
| 6We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. | 6We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat. |
| 7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities. | 7Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment. |
| 8Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. | 8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power. |
| 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside. |
| 10Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. | 10Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. |
| 11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. | 11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. |
| 12Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. | 12Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated. |
| 13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. | 13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor. |
| 14Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. | 14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. |
| 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. | 15Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is 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! |
| 17Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim; | 17Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears. |
| 18Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it. | 18For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate. |
| 19You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. | 19But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? | 20Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long? |
| 21Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old, | 21Bring us back to yourself, O LORD, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before, |
| 22Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us. | 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure. |
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