1 Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;Look, and behold our reproach!
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,Our mothers are like widows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,And our wood comes at a price.
5 They pursue at our heels;We labor and have no rest.
6 We have given our hand to the EgyptiansAnd the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers sinned and are no more,But we bear their iniquities.