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Lamentations 5 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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A Prayer for Mercy

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:1 -

Remember H2142, LORD H3068, what H4100 has come H1961 upon us;

Look H5027, and see H7200 our disgrace H2781!

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:2 -

Our inheritance H5159 has been turned H2015 over H2015 to strangers H2114,

Our houses H1004 to foreigners H5237.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 -

We have become H1961 orphans H3490, without H369 a father H1;

Our mothers H517 are like widows H490.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:4 -

[fn]We have to pay H3701 for our drinking H8354 water H4325,

Our wood H6086 comes H935 to us at a price H4242.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:5 -

[fn]Our pursuers H7291 are at our necks H6677;

We are worn H3021 out H3021, we are given H5117 no H3808 rest H5117.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6 -

We have [fn]submitted H5414 H3027 to Egypt H4714 and Assyria H804 [fn]to get H7646 enough H7646 bread H3899.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:7 -

Our fathers H1 sinned H2398, and are H369 gone H369;

It is we who have been burdened H5445 with the punishment H5771 for H5771 their wrongdoings H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:8 -

Slaves H5650 rule H4910 over us;

There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to rescue H6561 us from their hand H3027.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:9 -

We get H935 our bread H3899 [fn]at the risk of our lives H5315

Because H4480 H6440 of the sword H2719 in the wilderness H4057.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:10 -

Our skin H5785 has become H3648 as hot H3648 as an oven H8574,

Because H4480 H6440 of the ravages H2152 of hunger H7458.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:11 -

They violated H6031 the women H802 in Zion H6726,

The virgins H1330 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:12 -

Leaders H8269 were hung H8518 by their hands H3027;

[fn]Elders H2205 were not respected H1921.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:13 -

Young H970 men H970 [fn]worked H5375 at the grinding H2911 mill H2911,

And youths H5288 staggered H3782 under loads of wood H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 -

Elders H2205 are H7673 absent H7673 from the gate H8179,

Young H970 men H970 from their music H5058.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

The joy H4885 of our hearts H3820 has ended H7673;

Our dancing H4234 has been turned H2015 into mourning H60.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 -

The crown H5850 has fallen H5307 from our head H7218;

Woe H188 to us, for we have sinned H2398!

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:17 -

Because H5921 of this H2088 our heart H3820 is faint H1739,

Because H5921 of these H428 things H428 our eyes H5869 are H2821 dim H2821;

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18 -

Because H5921 of Mount H2022 Zion H6726 which H7945 lies H8074 desolate H8074,

Jackals H7776 prowl H1980 in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:19 -

You, LORD H3068, [fn]rule H3427 forever H5769;

Your throne H3678 is from generation H1755 to generation H1755.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:20 -

Why H4100 will You forget H7911 us forever H5331?

Why do You abandon H5800 us for [fn]so H753 H3117 long H753 H3117?

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:21 -

Restore H7725 us to You, LORD H3068, so that we may be restored H7725;

Renew H2318 our days H3117 as of old H6924,

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:22 -

Unless H3588 H518 You have utterly H3988 rejected H3988 us

And are H7107 exceedingly H5704 H3966 angry H7107 with us.

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit We drink our water with silver
Lit We have been pursued upon
Lit given Egypt a hand
Lit to be satisfied with
Lit with our soul
Lit The faces of elders
Lit carried the
Lit sit
Lit length of days
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