Lamentations 5

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us, look, and see our disgrace:	1 זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ [הַבֵּיט כ] (הַבִּיטָה ק) וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ
2 Our inherited lands have been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.	2 נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים
3 We have become orphans, fatherless; widowed are our mothers.	3 יְתֹומִים הָיִינוּ [אֵין כ] (וְאֵין ק) אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹות
4 The water we drink we must buy, for our own wood we must pay.	4 מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ
5 On our necks is the yoke of those who drive us; we are worn out, but allowed no rest.	5 עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ [לֹא כ] (וְלֹא ק) הוּנַח־לָנוּ
6 To Egypt we submitted, and to Assyria, to fill our need of bread.	6 מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם
7 Our fathers, who sinned, are no more; but we bear their guilt.	7 אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ [אֵינָם כ] (וְאֵינָם ק) [אֲנַחְנוּ כ] (וַאֲנַחְנוּ ק) עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their hands.	8 עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם
9 At the peril of our lives we bring in our sustenance, in the face of the desert heat;	9 בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר
10 Our skin is shriveled up, as though by a furnace, with the searing blasts of famine.	10 עֹורֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפֹות רָעָב
11 The wives in Zion were ravished by the enemy, the maidens in the cities of Judah;	11 נָשִׁים בְּצִיֹּון עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה
12 Princes were gibbeted by them, elders shown no respect.	12 שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ
13 The youths carry the millstones, boys stagger under their loads of wood;	13 בַּחוּרִים טְחֹון נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ
14 The old men have abandoned the gate, the young men their music.	14 זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם
15 The joy of our hearts has ceased, our dance has turned into mourning;	15 שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ
16 The garlands have fallen from our heads: woe to us, for we have sinned!	16 נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֹוי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ
17 Over this our hearts are sick, at this our eyes grow dim:	17 עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ
18 That Mount Zion should be desolate, with jackals roaming there!	18 עַל הַר־צִיֹּון שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֹו׃ פ
19 You, O LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne stands from age to age.	19 אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֹור
20 Why, then, should you forget us, abandon us so long a time?	20 לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים
21 Lead us back to you, O LORD, that we may be restored: give us anew such days as we had of old.	21 הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ [וְנָשׁוּב כ] (וְנָשׁוּבָה ק) חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם
22 For now you have indeed rejected us, and in full measure turned your wrath against us.	22 כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד