1 WYC Lord, haue thou mynde what bifelle to vs; se thou, and biholde oure schenschipe. BSB BSB: Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
2 WYC Oure eritage is turned to aliens, oure housis ben turned to straungers. BSB BSB: Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 WYC We ben maad fadirles children with out fadir; oure modris ben as widewis. BSB BSB: We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4 WYC We drunken oure watir for monei, we bouyten oure trees for siluer. BSB BSB: We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5 WYC We weren dryuun bi oure heedis, and reste was not youun to feynt men. BSB BSB: We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 WYC We yauen hond to Egipt, and to Assiriens, that we schulden be fillid with breed. BSB BSB: We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 WYC Oure fadris synneden, and ben not, and we baren the wickidnessis of hem. BSB BSB: Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8 WYC Seruauntis weren lordis of vs, and noon was, that ayenbouyte fro the hond of hem. BSB BSB: Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 WYC In oure lyues we brouyten breed to vs, fro the face of swerd in desert. BSB BSB: We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 WYC Oure skynne is brent as a furneis, of the face of tempestis of hungur. BSB BSB: Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 WYC Thei maden low wymmen in Sion, and virgyns in the citees of Juda. BSB BSB: Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 WYC Princes weren hangid bi the hond; thei weren not aschamed of the faces of elde men. BSB BSB: Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 WYC Thei mysusiden yonge wexynge men vnchastli, and children fellen doun in tree. BSB BSB: Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 WYC Elde men failiden fro yatis; yonge men failiden of the queer of singeris. BSB BSB: The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 WYC The ioie of oure herte failide; oure song is turned in to mourenyng. BSB BSB: Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 WYC The coroun of oure heed fellen doun; wo to vs! for we synneden. BSB BSB: The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 WYC Therfor oure herte is maad soreuful, therfor oure iyen ben maad derk. BSB BSB: Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18 WYC For the hil of Sion, for it perischide; foxis yeden in it. BSB BSB: because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 WYC But thou, Lord, schal dwelle with outen ende; thi seete schal dwelle in generacioun and in to generacioun. BSB BSB: You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 WYC Whi schalt thou foryete vs with outen ende, schalt thou forsake vs in to lengthe of daies? BSB BSB: Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21 WYC Lord, conuerte thou vs to thee, and we schal be conuertid; make thou newe oure daies, as at the bigynnyng. BSB BSB: Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22 WYC But thou castynge awei hast cast awei vs; thou art wrooth ayens vs greetli. BSB BSB: unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
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