• O Yahweh, Remember Us!

  • 1 Remember, O Yahweh, what has happened to us; Look, and see our reproach!
  • 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
  • 3 We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
  • 4 We drink our water by means of silver; Our wood comes to us at a price.
  • 5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out; there is no rest for us.
  • 6 We have given over our hands to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
  • 7 Our fathers sinned; they are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
  • 8 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to tear us away from their hand.
  • 9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
  • 10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.
  • 11 They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
  • 12 Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
  • 13 Young men lifted up the stone at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled down under loads of wood.
  • 14 Elders have ceased from being at the gate, Young men from their music.
  • 15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
  • 16 The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  • 17 Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes are dim;
  • 18 Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes walk about in it.
  • 19 You, O Yahweh, sit enthroned forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
  • 20 Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
  • 21 Cause us to return to You, O Yahweh, that we may be returned; Renew our days as of old,
  • 22 Even if You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.