5:1

זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט [הַבִּיטָה] וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ׃

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; Behold, and see our reproach.

5:2

נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים׃

Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

5:3

יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין [וְאֵין] אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנוֹת׃

We are become orphans and fatherless, Our mothers are as widows.

5:4

מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ׃

We have drunk our water for money; Our wood cometh to us for price.

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5:5

עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא [וְלֹא] הוּנַח לָנוּ׃

To our very necks we are pursued; We labour, and have no rest.

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5:6

מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם׃

We have given the hand to Egypt, And to Assyria, to have bread enough;

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5:7

אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ אינם [וְאֵינָם] אנחנו [וַאֲנַחְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ׃

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

5:8

עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם׃

Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

5:9

בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר׃

We get our bread with the peril of our lives Because of the sword of the wilderness.

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5:10

עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָב׃

Our skin is hot like an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.

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5:11

נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה׃

They have ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.

5:12

שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ׃

Princes are hanged up by their hand; The faces of elders are not honoured.

5:13

בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ׃

The young men have borne the mill, And the children have stumbled under the wood.

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5:14

זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם׃

The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

5:15

שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ׃

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

5:16

נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ׃

The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

5:17

עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ׃

For this our heart is faint, For these things our eyes are dim;

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5:18

עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בוֹ׃

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, The foxes walk upon it.

5:19

אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדוֹר׃

Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.

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5:20

לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים׃

Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

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5:21

הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב [וְנָשׁוּבָה] חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם׃

Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

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5:22

כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד׃
[השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם]

Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, And be exceeding wroth against us!
[Turn us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.]

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