72 lines
1.7 KiB
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72 lines
1.7 KiB
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Restore Us to Yourself, O LORD
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# Chapter 5
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1. Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us;
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look, and see our disgrace!
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2. Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
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our homes to foreigners.
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3. We have become orphans, fatherless;
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our mothers are like widows.
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4. We must pay for the water we drink;
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the wood we get must be bought.
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5. Our pursuers are at our necks;
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we are weary; we are given no rest.
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6. We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria,
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to get bread enough.
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7. Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
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and we bear their iniquities.
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8. Slaves 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 peril 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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with the burning heat of famine.
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11. Women are raped in Zion,
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young women in the towns of Judah.
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12. Princes are hung up by their hands;
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no respect is shown to the elders.
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13. Young men are compelled to grind at the mill,
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and boys stagger under loads of wood.
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14. The old men have left the city gate,
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the young men their music.
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15. The joy of our hearts has ceased;
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our dancing has been turned to 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. For this our heart has become sick,
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for these things our eyes have grown dim,
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18. for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
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jackals prowl over it.
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19. But you, O LORD, reign forever;
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your throne endures to all generations.
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20. Why do you forget us forever,
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why do you forsake us for so many days?
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21. Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may 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 you remain exceedingly angry with us.
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