Remember, O LORD, whatis comeupon us: consider, and beholdour reproach. Our inheritanceis turnedto strangers, our housesto aliens. We areorphansand fatherless, our mothers are as widows. We have drunkenour waterfor money; our woodis soldunto us. Our necks are underpersecution: we labor, and have no rest. We have giventhe hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfiedwith bread. Our fathershave sinned, and are not; and wehave bornetheir iniquities. Servantshave ruled overus: there is nonethat doth deliver us out of their hand. We gotour breadwith the peril of our livesbecause ofthe swordof the wilderness. Our skinwas blacklike an ovenbecause ofthe terriblefamine. They ravishedthe womenin Zion, and the maidsin the citiesof Judah. Princesare hanged upby their hand: the facesof elderswere nothonored. They tookthe young mento grind, and the childrenfellunder the wood. The eldershave ceasedfrom the gate, the young menfrom their music. The joyof our heartis ceased; our danceis turnedinto mourning. The crownis fallen from our head: woeunto us, thatwe have sinned! Forthisour heartisfaint; forthese things our eyesare dim. Because ofthe mountainof Zion, whichis desolate, the foxeswalkupon it. Thou, O LORD, remainestforever; thy thronefrom generationto generation. Whereforedost thou forgetus forever, and forsakeus so longtime? Turnthou us untothee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renewour daysas of old. Butthou hast utterly rejectedus; thou art very wrothagainstus.