5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; behold, and see our disgrace!
5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!

5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.

5:3 We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
5:3 We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.

5:4 We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought.
5:4 We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

5:5 With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.
5:5 With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.

5:6 We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.
5:6 We have made a pact with Egypt and Assyria, to get enough bread.

5:7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
5:7 Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.

5:8 Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.
5:8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hand.

5:9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.

5:10 Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.
5:10 Our skin is black as an oven from the scorching heat of famine.

5:11 Women are ravished in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
5:11 Women are raped in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

5:12 Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.
5:12 Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.

5:13 Young men are compelled to grind at the mill; and boys stagger under loads of wood.
5:13 Young men are compelled to grind, and boys stagger under loads of wood.

5:14 The old men have quit the city gate, the young men their music.
5:14 The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.

5:15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.
5:15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.

5:16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
5:16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

5:17 For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,
5:17 Because of this our hearts are sick, because of these things our eyes have grown dim:

5:18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.
5:18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.

5:19 But thou, O LORD, dost reign for ever; thy throne endures to all generations.
5:19 But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.

5:20 Why dost thou forget us for ever, why dost thou so long forsake us?
5:20 Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?

5:21 Restore us to thyself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old!
5:21 Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored; renew our days as of old--

5:22 Or hast thou utterly rejected us? Art thou exceedingly angry with us?
5:22 unless you have utterly rejected us, and are angry with us beyond measure.