1 Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.

1 זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבֵּיט הַבִּ֖יטָה וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃

2 Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.

2 נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃

3 We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

3 יְתֹומִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אֵין וְאֵ֣ין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹֽות׃

4 We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.

4 מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

5 Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.

5 עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לֹא וְלֹ֥א הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃

6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.

6 מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

7 Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.

7 אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אֵינָם וְאֵינָ֔ם אֲנַחְנוּ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃

8 Servants are ruling over us, and there is no one to make us free from their hands.

8 עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃

9 We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.

9 בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

10 Our skin is heated like an oven because of our burning heat from need of food.

10 עֹורֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפֹ֥ות רָעָֽב׃

11 They took by force the women in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah.

11 נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיֹּ֣ון עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

12 Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.

12 שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

13 The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

13 בַּחוּרִים֙ טְחֹ֣ון נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃

14 The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

14 זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃

15 The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

15 שָׁבַת֙ מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃

16 The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

16 נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃

17 Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

17 עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

18 Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

18 עַ֤ל הַר־צִיֹּון֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֹֽו׃

19 You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal.

19 אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹֽור׃

20 Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

20 לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

21 Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.

21 הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְנָשׁוּב וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

22 But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.

22 כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃