Lamentations 5

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.	1 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us. Consider and look kindly upon our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.	2 Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners; our houses to outsiders.
3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.	3 We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.	4 We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.
5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.	5 We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.
6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.	6 We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.	7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not. And we have carried their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.	8 Servants have become rulers over us. There was no one to redeem us from their hand.
9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.	9 We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives, before the face of the sword, in the wilderness.
10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.	10 Our skin was burned, as if by an oven, before the face of the tempest of the famine.
11 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.	11 They humiliated the women in Zion and the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.	12 The leaders were suspended by their hand. They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.
13 They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.	13 They have sexually abused the adolescents, and the children were corrupted in the wood.
14 The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.	14 The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.	15 The gladness of our heart has failed, our singing has been turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned.	16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,	17 Because of this, our heart became gloomy; for this reason, our eyes have been darkened:
18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.	18 because of mount Zion, because it was ruined. Foxes have wandered upon it.
19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.	19 But you, O Lord, shall remain for eternity, your throne from generation to generation.
20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?	20 Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time?
21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.	21 Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted. Renew our days, as from the beginning.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry against us.	22 But you have utterly rejected us; you are vehemently angry against us.