Lamentations 5 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5

¹Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

²Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

³We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

⁴We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

⁵Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

⁶We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

⁷Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

⁸Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

⁹We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

¹¹They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

¹³The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

¹⁴The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

¹⁵The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

¹⁶The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

¹⁷For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

¹⁸For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

¹⁹Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?

²¹Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

²²But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

Lamentations 5

¹Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

²Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

³Orphans we have beenwithout a father, our mothers are as widows.

⁴Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

⁵For our neck we have been pursued, We have labouredthere hath been no rest for us.

⁶To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

⁷Our fathers have sinnedthey are not, We their iniquities have borne.

⁸Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

⁹With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

¹¹Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virginsin cities of Judah.

¹²Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

¹³Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

¹⁴The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

¹⁵Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

¹⁶Fallen hath the crown from our head, Woe is now to us, for we have sinned.

¹⁷For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

¹⁸For the mount of Zionthat is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

¹⁹Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.

²⁰Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

²¹Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

²²For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against usexceedingly?