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# Chapter 5
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1 Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
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Look, and behold our reproach!
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2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
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And our houses to foreigners.
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3 We have become orphans and waifs,
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Our mothers are like widows.
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4 We pay for the water we drink,
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And our wood comes at a price.
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5 They pursue at our heels;
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We labor and have no rest.
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6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians
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And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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7 Our fathers sinned and are no more,
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But we bear their iniquities.
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8 Servants rule over us;
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There is none to deliver us from their hand.
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9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
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Because of the sword in the wilderness.
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10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
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Because of the fever of famine.
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11 They ravished the women in Zion,
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The maidens in the cities of Judah.
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12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
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And elders were not respected.
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13 Young men ground at the millstones;
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Boys staggered under loads of wood.
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14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
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And the young men from their music.
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15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
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Our dance has turned into mourning.
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16 The crown has fallen from our head.
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Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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17 Because of this our heart is faint;
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Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
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18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate,
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With foxes walking about on it.
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19 You, O Lord, remain forever;
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Your throne from generation to generation.
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20 Why do You forget us forever,
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And forsake us for so long a time?
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21 Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored;
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Renew our days as of old,
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22 Unless You have utterly rejected us,
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And are very angry with us! |