Lamentations 5

New American Standard Bible

5 Remember, Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and see our ^(A)disgrace!
² Our inheritance has been turned over to ^(B)strangers,
Our ^(C)houses to foreigners.
³ We have become orphans, ^(D)without a father;
Our mothers are like widows.
^4 [a]We have to pay for our drinking ^(E)water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.
^5 [b]Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, we are given ^(F)no rest.
⁶ We have ^[c]submitted to ^(G)Egypt and Assyria ^[d]to get enough bread.
⁷ Our ^(H)fathers sinned, and are gone;
It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
^8 (I)Slaves rule over us;
There is ^(J)no one to rescue us from their hand.
⁹ We get our bread ^[e]at the ^(K)risk of our lives
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
¹⁰ Our skin has become as ^(L)hot as an oven,
Because of the ravages of hunger.
¹¹ They violated the ^(M)women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
¹² Leaders were hung by their hands;
^[f](N)Elders were not respected.
¹³ Young men ^[g](O)worked at the grinding mill,
And youths ^(P)staggered under loads of wood.
¹⁴ Elders are absent from the gate,
Young men from their ^(Q)music.
¹⁵ The joy of our hearts has ^(R)ended;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
¹⁶ The ^(S)crown has fallen from our head;
^(T)Woe to us, for we have sinned!
¹⁷ Because of this our ^(U)heart is faint,
Because of these things our ^(V)eyes are dim;
¹⁸ Because of ^(W)Mount Zion which lies desolate,
^(X)Jackals prowl in it.