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Lamentations 5 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

A Prayer for Restoration

Prayer for Restoration

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Lam 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold our reproach!

Lam 5:2Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.

Lam 5:3We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like widows.

Lam 5:4We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.

Lam 5:5They pursue at our heels;[fn]
We labor and have no rest.

Lam 5:6We have given our hand to the Egyptians
And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Lam 5:7Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.

Lam 5:8Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.

Lam 5:9We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.

Lam 5:10Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.

Lam 5:11They ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.

Lam 5:12Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.

Lam 5:13Young men ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.

Lam 5:14The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their music.

Lam 5:15The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into mourning.

Lam 5:16The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Lam 5:17Because of this our heart is faint;
Because of these things our eyes grow dim;

Lam 5:18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.

Lam 5:19You, O LORD, remain forever;
Your throne from generation to generation.

Lam 5:20Why do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?

Lam 5:21Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored;
Renew our days as of old,

Lam 5:22Unless You have utterly rejected us,
And are very angry with us!

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