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.
8 Servants rule over us;There is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,Because of the sword in the wilderness.