3 We are orphaned and fatherless.Our mothers are widowed.
4 We have to pay for water to drink,and even firewood is expensive.
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels;we are exhausted but are given no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyriato get enough food to survive.
7 Our ancestors sinned, but they have died—and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
8 Slaves have now become our masters;there is no one left to rescue us.
9 We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,for violence rules the countryside.