| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! | 1LORD, remember what has happened to us. See how we have been disgraced! |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. |
| 3We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows. | 3We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed. |
| 4We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price. | 4We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive. |
| 5Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. | 5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest. |
| 6We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. | 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive. |
| 7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities. | 7Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved! |
| 8Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. | 8Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us. |
| 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9We hunt for food at the risk of our lives, for violence rules the countryside. |
| 10Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. | 10The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven. |
| 11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. | 11Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah. |
| 12Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. | 12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt. |
| 13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. | 13Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood. |
| 14Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. | 14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing. |
| 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. | 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! | 16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned. |
| 17Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim; | 17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears. |
| 18Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it. | 18For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals. |
| 19You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. | 19But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? | 20Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long? |
| 21Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old, | 21Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had! |
| 22Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us. | 22Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still? |
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