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5:1  O Lord, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our shame!
5:2  The land we received from You has been given over to strangers. Our homes have been given to people from other lands.
5:3  We have lost our fathers. Our mothers are like those who have lost their husbands.
5:4  We have to pay for our drinking water, and we must buy our wood.
5:5  Those who come after us are at our necks. We are tired and cannot rest.
5:6  We have put out our hands to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
5:7  Our fathers sinned, and are no more, and we have suffered for their sins.
5:8  Servants rule over us. There is no one to save us from their hand.
5:9  We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword in the desert.
5:10  Our skin has become as hot as fire because of the burning heat of hunger.
5:11  They have taken and sinned against the women in Zion, and the young women who have never had a man in the cities of Judah.
5:12  Rulers were hung by their hands. Leaders were not respected.
5:13  Young men worked to grind the grain, and boys fell under loads of wood.
5:14  The old men have left the city gate. Young men have stopped playing their music.
5:15  The joy of our hearts has come to an end. Our dancing has been turned into sorrow.
5:16  The crown has fallen from our head. It is bad for us, for we have sinned!
5:17  Because of this our heart is weak. Because of these things our eyes are weak.
5:18  Mount Zion lies in waste, so foxes run all over it.
5:19  O Lord, You rule forever. Your throne will last for all people-to-come.
5:20  Why do You forget us forever? Why do You leave us alone for so long?
5:21  Return us to You, O Lord. Bring us back. Make our days as they were before.
5:22  Or have You turned away from us forever? Is there no end to Your anger?