| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach! | 1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners. | 2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. |
| 3We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows. | 3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. |
| 4We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price. | 4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. |
| 5They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest. | 5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. |
| 6We have given our hand to the Egyptians And 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 sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities. | 7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. |
| 8Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand. | 8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. |
| 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. |
| 10Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine. | 10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. |
| 11They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah. | 11They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. |
| 12Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected. | 12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. |
| 13Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood. | 13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. |
| 14The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music. | 14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. |
| 15The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning. | 15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! | 16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! |
| 17Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim; | 17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. |
| 18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it. | 18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. |
| 19You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation. | 19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time? | 20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? |
| 21Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old, | 21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. |
| 22Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us! | 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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