Lamentations 5
5
A Prayer to the Lord
1Remember, Lord, what happened to us.
Look and see our disgrace.
2Our land has been turned over to strangers.
Our houses have been given to foreigners.
3We have become orphans with no father.
Our mothers have become like widows.
4We have to buy the water we drink.
We must pay for the wood for our fires.
5They work us hard as if we were animals with a yoke on our necks.
We get tired and have no rest.
6We made an agreement with Egypt
and with Assyria to get enough food.
7Our ancestors sinned against you. But they are gone.
Now we must suffer because of their sins.
8Slaves have become our rulers.
There is no one who can save us from them.
9We risk our lives to get our food
because there are men with swords in the desert.
10Our skin is hot like an oven.
We burn with fever because of the terrible hunger.
11The enemy raped the women of Jerusalem
and the girls in the cities of Judah.
12The enemy hung our princes by the hands.
They do not honor our elders.
13The young men grind grain at the mill.
Boys stumble while carrying loads of wood.
14The elders no longer sit at the city gates.
The young men no longer make music.
15We have no more joy in our hearts.
Our dancing has turned into sadness.
16The glory has gone from Jerusalem.
How terrible it is for us because we have sinned.
17Because of this we are afraid.
Because of these things our eyes are dim.
18Mount Zion is empty.
Now wild dogs wander around it.
19But you rule forever, Lord.
You will be King from now on.
20Why have you forgotten us for so long?
Why have you left us for so long?
21Bring us back to you, Lord. We will return.
Make our days as they were before.
22Or have you completely rejected us?
Will your anger never end?
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