1
Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
2
Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
3
We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
4
We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
5
They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.
6
We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7
Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
8
Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10
Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.