Lamentations 5

New American Standard Bible

A Prayer for Mercy

5 Remember, Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and see our ^(A)disgrace!
²Our inheritance has been turned over to ^(B)strangers,
Our ^(C)houses to foreigners.
³We 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.
⁶We have ^[c]submitted to ^(G)Egypt and Assyria ^[d]to get enough bread.
⁷Our ^(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.
⁹We get our bread ^[e]at the ^(K)risk of our lives
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
¹⁰Our skin has become as ^(L)hot as an oven,
Because of the ravages of hunger.
¹¹They violated the ^(M)women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
¹²Leaders were hung by their hands;
^[f]^(N)Elders were not respected.
¹³Young men ^[g]^(O)worked at the grinding mill,
And youths ^(P)staggered under loads of wood.
¹⁴Elders are absent from the gate,
Young men from their ^(Q)music.
¹⁵The joy of our hearts has ^(R)ended;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
¹⁶The ^(S)crown has fallen from our head;
^(T)Woe to us, for we have sinned!
¹⁷Because of this our ^(U)heart is faint,
Because of these things our ^(V)eyes are dim;
¹⁸Because of ^(W)Mount Zion which lies desolate,
^(X)Jackals prowl in it.

¹⁹^(Y)You, Lord, ^[h]rule forever;
Your ^(Z)throne is from generation to generation.
²⁰Why will You ^(AA)forget us forever?
Why do You abandon us for ^[i]so long?
²¹^(AB)Restore us to You, Lord, so that we may be restored;
Renew ^(AC)our days as of old,
²²Unless ^(AD)You have utterly rejected us
And are exceedingly ^(AE)angry with us.

Footnotes

Lamentations 5:4 Lit We drink our water with silver
Lamentations 5:5 Lit We have been pursued upon
Lamentations 5:6 Lit given Egypt a hand
Lamentations 5:6 Lit to be satisfied with
Lamentations 5:9 Lit with our soul
Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders
Lamentations 5:13 Lit carried the
Lamentations 5:19 Lit sit
Lamentations 5:20 Lit length of days

Psalm 36

New American Standard Bible

Wickedness of Humanity and Goodness of God.

For the music director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

36 ^[a]Wrongdoing speaks to the ungodly within ^[b]his heart;
There is ^(A)no fear of God before his eyes.
²For it ^(B)flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his wrongful deed and the hatred of it.
³The ^(C)words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ^(D)ceased to ^[c]be wise and to do good.
⁴He ^(E)plans wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself on a ^(F)path that is not good;
He ^(G)does not reject evil.

⁵Your ^(H)mercy, Lord, ^[d]extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
⁶Your ^(I)righteousness is like the ^[e]mountains of God;
Your ^(J)judgments are like the great deep.
Lord, You ^[f]^(K)protect mankind and animals.
⁷How ^(L)precious is Your mercy, God!
And the sons of mankind ^(M)take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
⁸They ^(N)drink their fill of the ^[g]abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the ^(O)river of Your delights.
⁹For the ^(P)fountain of life is with You;
In Your light we see light.

¹⁰Prolong Your mercy to ^(Q)those who know You,
And Your ^(R)righteousness to the upright of heart.
¹¹May the foot of pride not come upon me,
And may the hand of the wicked not drive me away.
¹²Those who do injustice have fallen there;
They have been thrust down and ^(S)cannot rise.