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1Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.

2Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.

3We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.

4We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.

5We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.

6We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.

7Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

8Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.

9We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.

10Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.

11They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.

12The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.

13They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.

14The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.

15The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.

16The crown is fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned.

17Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,

18For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

19But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.

20Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

21Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.

22But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry against us.

1[Recordare, Domine, quid acciderit nobis; intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.

2Hæreditas nostra versa est ad alienos, domus nostræ ad extraneos.

3Pupilli facti sumus absque patre, matres nostræ quasi viduæ.

4Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus; ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.

5Cervicibus nostris minabamur, lassis non dabatur requies.

6Ægypto dedimus manum et Assyriis, ut saturaremur pane.

7Patres nostri peccaverunt, et non sunt: et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.

8Servi dominati sunt nostri: non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.

9In animabus nostris afferebamus panem nobis, a facie gladii in deserto.

10Pellis nostra quasi clibanus exusta est, a facie tempestatum famis.

11Mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt, et virgines in civitatibus Juda.

12Principes manu suspensi sunt; facies senum non erubuerunt.

13Adolescentibus impudice abusi sunt, et pueri in ligno corruerunt.

14Senes defecerunt de portis, juvenes de choro psallentium.

15Defecit gaudium cordis nostri; versus est in luctum chorus noster.

16Cecidit corona capitis nostri: væ nobis, quia peccavimus !

17Propterea mœstum factum est cor nostrum; ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri,

18propter montem Sion quia disperiit; vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.

19Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanebis, solium tuum in generationem et generationem.

20Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri, derelinques nos in longitudine dierum?

21Converte nos, Domine, ad te, et convertemur; innova dies nostros, sicut a principio.

22Sed projiciens repulisti nos: iratus es contra nos vehementer.]

1Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us. Consider and look kindly upon our disgrace.

2Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners; our houses to outsiders.

3We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.

4We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.

5We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.

6We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.

7Our fathers have sinned, and are not. And we have carried their iniquities.

8Servants have become rulers over us. There was no one to redeem us from their hand.

9We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives, before the face of the sword, in the wilderness.

10Our skin was burned, as if by an oven, before the face of the tempest of the famine.

11They humiliated the women in Zion and the virgins in the cities of Judah.

12The leaders were suspended by their hand. They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.

13They have sexually abused the adolescents, and the children were corrupted in the wood.

14The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms.

15The gladness of our heart has failed, our singing has been turned into mourning.

16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.

17Because of this, our heart became gloomy; for this reason, our eyes have been darkened:

18because of mount Zion, because it was ruined. Foxes have wandered upon it.

19But you, O Lord, shall remain for eternity, your throne from generation to generation.

20Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time?

21Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted. Renew our days, as from the beginning.

22But you have utterly rejected us; you are vehemently angry against us.