3 We have become orphans, fatherless, our mothers are like widows.
4 We pay for water with money, our wood comes to us at a price.
5 We are driven on our necks; we are weary, there is no rest for us.
6 We have made a deal with Egypt and Assyria to be satisfied with food.
7 Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 We risk our life for food because of the sword of the desert.