1 Remember, O LORD, what has been to us; look down and see our shame.2 Our inheritance has turned to aliens, our houses to foreigners.3 We are orphans and fatherless; our mothers [are] as widows.4 We have drunk our water for silver; our wood comes for a price.5 We [are] pursued on our necks; we grow weary; rest is not given to us.6 We have given the hand [to] Egypt, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.7 Our fathers have sinned [and are] not; we have borne their iniquities.8 Servants rule over us; [there is] no rescuer out of their hand.9 We bring in our bread with our souls, because of the sword of the wilderness.10 Our skin [is] hot like an oven because of the fever heat of famine.11 They raped the women in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.12 Rulers were hanged by the hand; the faces of elders were not honored.13 They took the young men [to] grind, and the youths stumbled at the wood.14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning.16 The crown has fallen [from] our head. Woe now to us! For we have sinned.17 Our heart is faint for this; our eyes are dim for these [things].18 On the mountain of Zion [is] laid waste, the foxes walk on it.19 You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne to generation and generation.20 Why do You forget us forever [and] forsake us the length of days?21 Return us to You, O LORD, and we will turn; renew our days as of old,22 unless You have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.