King James Bible | King James Bible |
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. | 1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. |
2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. | 2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. |
3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. | 3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. |
4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. | 4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. |
5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. | 5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. |
6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. | 6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. |
7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. | 7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. |
8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. | 8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. |
9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. | 9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. |
10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. | 10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. |
11They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. | 11They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. |
12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. | 12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. |
13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. | 13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. |
14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. | 14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. |
15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. | 15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. |
16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! | 16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! |
17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. | 17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. |
18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. | 18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. |
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. | 19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. |
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? | 20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? |
21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. | 21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. |
22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. | 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. |
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