A Prayer for Restoration 1 UEB Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace. BSB BSB: Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
2 UEB Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our houses to foreigners. BSB BSB: Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 UEB We have become orphans, the fatherless, and our mothers are like widows. BSB BSB: We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4 UEB We must pay silver for the water we drink, and we must pay silver to get our own wood. BSB BSB: We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5 UEB Those who are coming after us are close behind us; we are weary and we can find no rest. BSB BSB: We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 UEB We have given ourselves to Egypt and to Assyria to get enough food. BSB BSB: We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 UEB Our fathers sinned, and they are no more, and we bear their iniquities. BSB BSB: Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8 UEB Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to deliver us from their hand. BSB BSB: Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 UEB We get our bread only by risking our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. BSB BSB: We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 UEB Our skin has grown as hot as an oven because of the burning heat of hunger. BSB BSB: Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 UEB Women are raped in Zion, and virgins in the cities of Judah. BSB BSB: Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 UEB Princes are hung up by their own hands, and no honor is shown to the elders. BSB BSB: Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 UEB Young men are forced to grind grain with a millstone, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood. BSB BSB: Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 UEB The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have left their music. BSB BSB: The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 UEB The joy of our heart has ceased and our dancing has turned into mourning. BSB BSB: Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 UEB The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! BSB BSB: The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 UEB For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes grow dim BSB BSB: Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18 UEB for Mount Zion lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. BSB BSB: because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 UEB But you, Yahweh, reign forever, and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation. BSB BSB: You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 UEB Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so many days? BSB BSB: Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21 UEB Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. Renew our days as they were long ago— BSB BSB: Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22 UEB unless you have utterly rejected us and you are angry with us beyond measure. BSB BSB: unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
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