1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look and see our reproach.2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.3We have become orphans; there is no father; our mothers are like widows.4We drink our water for silver, and our wood comes at a price.5We are pursued upon our neck; we grow weary and have no rest.6We gave our hand to Egypt and to Assyria to be satisfied with food.7Our fathers sinned and are no more; we bear their iniquities.8Servants rule over us; there is no one to tear us from their hand.9We bring our food at the risk of our life because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin has grown warm like an oven from before the scorching of famine.11Women are afflicted in Zion and virgins in the cities of Judah.12Rulers are hung by their hand; the faces of elders receive no honor.13Youths carry the millstone, and youths stumble under wood.14Elders have ceased from the gate, and youth have ceased from their music.15The rejoicing of our heart has ceased; our dance has been turned into mourning.16The crown of our head has fallen. Woe to us, for we have sinned.17Because of this our heart has become sick; because of these things our eyes have darkened.18Because of Mount Zion that lies desolate, foxes walk upon it.19You, O LORD, will dwell forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.20Why will you forget us forever and forsake us for length of days?21Return us to yourself, O LORD, and we will return; renew our days like the former times.22For if you have utterly rejected us, you have been angry with us exceedingly.