Lam5:1 A Prayer for RestorationPrayer for Restoration Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
Lam5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
Lam5:3 We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
Lam5:4 We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
Lam5:5 They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.
Lam5:6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Lam5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
Lam5:8 Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
Lam5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Lam5:10 Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
Lam5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
Lam5:12 Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
Lam5:13 Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.
Lam5:14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
Lam5:15 The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.
Lam5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Lam5:17 Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Lam5:18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.
Lam5:19 You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
Lam5:20 Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
Lam5:21 Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
Lam5:22 Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!