Lamentations 5

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1	Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!	Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.	Remember, Lord, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.	Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
2	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.	Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.	Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
3	We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.	We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.	We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.	We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
4	We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.	We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.	We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.	We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
5	We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.	Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.	Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.	Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
6	We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.	We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.	We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.	We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7	Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.	Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.	Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.	Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
8	Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.	Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.	Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.	Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
9	We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.	We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.	We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.	We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10	Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.	Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.	Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.	Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
11	Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.	They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.	They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.	They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12	Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.	Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.	Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.	Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
13	Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.	They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.	The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.	The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
14	The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.	The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.	The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.	The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
15	Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.	The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.	The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.	The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
16	The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!	The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!	The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!	The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
17	Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—	For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.	For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:	For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
18	because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.	Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.	for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.	For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
19	You, O Lord, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.	Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.	You, Lord, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.	Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
20	Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?	Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?	Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?	Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
21	Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, so we may return; renew our days as of old,	Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.	Turn us to yourself, Lord, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.	Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
22	unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.	But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.	But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.	But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.