| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace! | 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. |
| 3We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. | 3We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows. |
| 4We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought. | 4We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price. |
| 5Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. | 5Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. |
| 6We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough. | 6We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. |
| 7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities. | 7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities. |
| 8Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand. | 8Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. |
| 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 wilderness. |
| 10Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. | 10Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. |
| 11Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. | 11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. |
| 12Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders. | 12Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. |
| 13Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood. | 13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. |
| 14The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music. | 14Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. |
| 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. | 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into 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 heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim; |
| 18for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. | 18Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it. |
| 19But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. | 19You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days? | 20Why do You forget us forever? 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 You, O LORD, that we may be restored; 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 exceedingly angry with us. |
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