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45 lines
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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. |