Lamentations 5
5
Prayer for Restoration
1 Lord, remember what has happened to us.
Look, and see our disgrace!#Ps 74:18,22; 89:50–51
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to foreigners.
3We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are widows.
4We must pay for the water we drink;
our wood comes at a price.
5We are closely pursued;
we are tired, and no one offers us rest.
6We made a treaty with#5:6 Lit We gave the hand to Egypt
and with Assyria, to get enough food.#Hs 12:1
7Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist,
but we bear their punishment.#Ex 34:7; Lv 26:39; Dt 24:16; Ezk 18:2–4
8Slaves rule over us;#Pr 30:21–23; Ec 10:7
no one rescues us from them.
9We secure our food at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10Our skin is as hot#5:10 Or black; Hb obscure as an oven#Lm 4:8
from the ravages of hunger.
11Women have been raped in Zion,
virgins in the cities of Judah.
12Princes have been hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.#Lm 4:16
13Young men labor at millstones;#Ex 11:5; Jdg 16:21; Is 47:2
boys stumble under loads of wood.
14The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.#Is 24:8
15Joy has left our hearts;#Am 8:10
our dancing has turned to mourning.
16The crown has fallen from our head.#Jb 19:9; Is 28:3; Jr 13:18
Woe to us, for we have sinned.#Jr 8:14; 14:20; Dn 9:11
17Because of this, our heart is sick;
because of these, our eyes grow dim:#Ps 69:23; Ec 12:3
18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
and has jackals prowling in it.#Is 13:19–22; 34:11–15
19You, Lord, are enthroned forever;
your throne endures from generation to generation.#Ps 9:7; 45:6; 102:12; Ezk 43:7; Heb 1:8; Rv 4:9–10; 5:13
20Why do you continually forget us,#Ps 13:1
abandon us for our entire lives?
21 Lord, bring us back to yourself, so we may return;#Jr 15:19; 31:18
renew our days as in former times,
22unless you have completely rejected us
and are intensely angry with us.
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