Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Remember, O Jehovah
, what is come upon us: Behold
, and see
our reproach.
Remember, O LORD
, what is come upon us: consider
, and behold
our reproach.
Our inheritance is turned unto
strangers, Our houses unto
aliens.
Our inheritance is turned to
strangers, our houses to
aliens.
We are orphans and fatherless ;
Our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless ,
our mothers are as widows.
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Our pursuers
are
upon
our
necks: We are
weary
, and have no rest.
Our necks are
under
persecution
: we labour
, and have no rest.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have
sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Servants rule
over us: There is none to
deliver us out of their hand.
Servants have
ruled
over us: there is none that
doth
deliver us out of their hand.
We get
our bread at
the peril of our lives ,
Because of the sword of the wilderness.
We gat
our bread with
the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Our skin is
black like an oven ,
Because of the burning
heat
of
famine.
Our skin was
black like an oven because of the terrible
famine.
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins
in the cities of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, and
the maids
in the cities of Judah.
Princes were
hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored
.
Princes are
hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured
.
The young men bare
the
mill;
And the children stumbled
under the wood.
They
took
the young men to
grind,
and the children fell
under the wood.
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music
.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick
.
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us !
for
we have sinned .
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us ,
that
we have sinned !
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim ;
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim .
For
the mountain of Zion, which is desolate :
The foxes walk upon it.
Because
of
the mountain of Zion, which is desolate ,
the foxes walk upon it.
Thou, O Jehovah
, abidest
for ever; Thy throne is
from generation to generation.
Thou, O LORD
, remainest
for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, `
And '
forsake us so long time?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah
, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD
, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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