3 We have become fatherless orphans;our mothers have become widows.
4 We must pay money for our own water;we must buy our own wood at a steep price.
5 We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks;we are weary and have no rest.
6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyriain order to buy food to eat.
7 Our forefathers sinned and are dead,but we suffer their punishment.
8 Slaves rule over us;there is no one to rescue us from their power.
9 At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside.