Lamentations 5

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Lamentations 5

A Prayer for Mercy

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Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our ^(A)reproach!

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Our inheritance has been turned over to ^(B)strangers,
Our ^(C)houses to aliens.

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We have become orphans ^(D)without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.

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^(a)We have to pay for our drinking ^(E)water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.

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^(b)Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is ^(F)no rest for us.

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We have ^(c)submitted to ^(G)Egypt and Assyria ^(d)to get enough bread.

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Our ^(H)fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.

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^(I)Slaves rule over us;
There is ^(J)no one to deliver us from their hand.

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We get our bread ^(e)at the ^(K)risk of our lives
^(f)Because of the sword in the wilderness.

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Our skin has become as ^(L)hot as an oven,
Because of ^(g)the burning heat of famine.

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They ravished the ^(M)women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.

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Princes were hung by their hands;
^(h)^(N)Elders were not respected.

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Young men ⁽ⁱ⁾^(O)worked at the grinding mill,
And youths ^(P)stumbled under loads of wood.

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Elders ^(j)are gone from the gate,
Young men from their ^(Q)music.

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The joy of our hearts has ^(R)ceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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The ^(S)crown has fallen from our head;
^(T)Woe to us, for we have sinned!

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Because of this our ^(U)heart is faint,
Because of these things our ^(V)eyes are dim;

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Because of ^(W)Mount Zion which lies desolate,
^(X)Foxes prowl in it.

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^(Y)You, O Lord, ^(k)rule forever;
Your ^(Z)throne is from generation to generation.

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Why do You ^(AA)forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us ^(l)so long?

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^(AB)Restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored;
Renew ^(AC)our days as of old,

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Unless ^(AD)You have utterly rejected us
And are exceedingly ^(AE)angry with us.

Footnotes:

a. Lamentations 5:4: ['Lit ', We drink our water for silver]

b. Lamentations 5:5: ['Lit ', We have been pursued upon]

c. Lamentations 5:6: ['Lit ', given the hand to]

d. Lamentations 5:6: ['Lit ', to be satisfied with]

e. Lamentations 5:9: ['Lit ', with our soul]

f. Lamentations 5:9: ['Or ', In the face of]

g. Lamentations 5:10: ['Or ', the ravages of hunger]

h. Lamentations 5:12: ['Lit ', The faces of elders]

i. Lamentations 5:13: ['Lit ', carry]

j. Lamentations 5:14: ['Lit ', have ceased]

k. Lamentations 5:19: ['Lit ', sit]

l. Lamentations 5:20: ['Lit ', to length of days]

Cross references:

A. Lamentations 5:1: Psalm 44:13-16

B. Lamentations 5:2: Isaiah 1:7; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 8:8

C. Lamentations 5:2: Zephaniah 1:13

D. Lamentations 5:3: Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 18:21

E. Lamentations 5:4: Isaiah 3:1

F. Lamentations 5:5: Nehemiah 9:36; Nehemiah 9:37

G. Lamentations 5:6: Hosea 9:3; Hosea 12:1

H. Lamentations 5:7: Jeremiah 14:20; Jeremiah 16:12

I. Lamentations 5:8: Nehemiah 5:15

J. Lamentations 5:8: Psalm 7:2; Zechariah 11:6

K. Lamentations 5:9: Jeremiah 40:9-12

L. Lamentations 5:10: Job 30:30; Lamentations 4:8

M. Lamentations 5:11: Isaiah 13:16; Zechariah 14:2

N. Lamentations 5:12: Isaiah 47:6; Lamentations 4:16

O. Lamentations 5:13: Judges 16:21

P. Lamentations 5:13: Jeremiah 7:18

Q. Lamentations 5:14: Isaiah 24:8; Jeremiah 7:34

R. Lamentations 5:15: Jeremiah 25:10; Amos 8:10

S. Lamentations 5:16: Job 19:9; Psalm 89:39; Jeremiah 13:18

T. Lamentations 5:16: Isaiah 3:9-11

U. Lamentations 5:17: Isaiah 1:5

V. Lamentations 5:17: Job 17:7; Lamentations 2:11

W. Lamentations 5:18: Micah 3:12

X. Lamentations 5:18: Nehemiah 4:3

Y. Lamentations 5:19: Psalm 102:12; Psalm 102:25-27

Z. Lamentations 5:19: Psalm 45:6

AA. Lamentations 5:20: Psalm 13:1; Psalm 44:24

AB. Lamentations 5:21: Psalm 80:3; Jeremiah 31:18

AC. Lamentations 5:21: Isaiah 60:20-22

AD. Lamentations 5:22: Psalm 60:1; Psalm 60:2; Jeremiah 7:29

AE. Lamentations 5:22: Isaiah 64:9