| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach! | 1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Pay attention, and look at our shame! |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our homes to foreigners. |
| 3We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows. | 3We are now orphans—without fathers— and our mothers are like widows. |
| 4We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price. | 4We pay to drink our own water, and our own wood is sold to us at high price. |
| 5They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest. | 5Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us. |
| 6We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. | 6We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food. |
| 7Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities. | 7Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin. |
| 8Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand. | 8Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control. |
| 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert. |
| 10Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine. | 10Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine. |
| 11They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah. | 11They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. |
| 12Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected. | 12Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected. |
| 13Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood. | 13Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood. |
| 14The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music. | 14Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music. |
| 15The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning. | 15The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! | 16The crown has fallen from our head— woe to us, because we have sinned! |
| 17Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim; | 17This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim: |
| 18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it. | 18Because Mount Zion is desolate; foxes roam around it. |
| 19You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation. | 19You, LORD, are forever— your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time? | 20So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long? |
| 21Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old, | 21Restore us to yourself, LORD, so that we may return. Renew our days as before, |
| 22Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us! | 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us without limit. |
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