Lamentations

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1:1	How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!	How lonely sits the city That was great with people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!
1:2	She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.	She weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.
1:3	Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress.	Judah has gone into exile because of affliction And because of great slavery; She sits among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress.
1:4	The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter.	The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed times. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are sighing, Her virgins are grieving, And she herself is bitter.
1:5	Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies prosper; For the Lord has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.	Her adversaries have become her masters; Her enemies are complacent; For Yahweh has caused her grief Because of the greatness of her transgressions; Her infants have gone away As captives before the adversary.
1:6	All her majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they have fled without strength Before the pursuer.	So all her majesty Has gone out from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; So they have fled without strength Before the pursuer.
1:7	In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.	In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her; They laughed at her ruin.
1:8	Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away.	Jerusalem sinned greatly; Therefore she has become an impure thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself sighs and turns away.
1:9	Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not consider her future. Therefore she has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter. See, O Lord, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!	Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not remember her future. Therefore she has gone down astonishingly; She has no comforter. See, O Yahweh, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!
1:10	The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her precious things, For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom You commanded That they should not enter into Your congregation.	The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her desirable things, For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom You commanded That they should not enter into Your assembly.
1:11	All her people groan seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. See, O Lord, and look, For I am despised.	All her people are sighing, seeking bread; They have given their desirable things for food To restore their souls. See, O Yahweh, and look, For I am despised.
1:12	Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the Lord inflicted on the day of His fierce anger.	Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was dealt severely to me, Which Yahweh grieved me with on the day of His burning anger.
1:13	From on high He sent fire into my bones, And it prevailed over them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me desolate, Faint all day long.	From on high He sent fire into my bones, And it dominated them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me desolate, Faint all day long.
1:14	The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand.	The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength stumble. The Lord has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
1:15	The Lord has rejected all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To crush my young men; The Lord has trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.	The Lord has rejected all my mighty men In my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To break my young men; The Lord has trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.
1:16	For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed.	For these things I am weeping; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed.
1:17	Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.	Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an impure thing among them.
1:18	The Lord is righteous; For I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.	Yahweh is righteous; For I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.
1:19	I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.	I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city While they sought food for themselves in order to restore their souls.
1:20	See, O Lord, for I am in distress; My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword slays; In the house it is like death.	See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress; My inmost being is greatly disturbed; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; In the house it is like death.
1:21	They have heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my calamity; They are glad that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That they may become like me.	They have heard that I am sighing; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of the evil done to me; They rejoice that You have done it. You have brought the day which You have proclaimed, So that they will become like me.
1:22	Let all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint.	Let all their evil come before You; And deal severely with them as You have dealt severely with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are great and my heart is faint.
2:1	How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The glory of Israel, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.	How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The beauty of Israel, And has not remembered the footstool of His feet In the day of His anger.
2:2	The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.	The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has pulled down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
2:3	In fierce anger He has cut off All the strength of Israel; He has drawn back His right hand From before the enemy. And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire Consuming round about.	In hot anger He has cut in pieces All the strength of Israel; He has turned back His right hand From before the enemy. And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire Devouring round about.
2:4	He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.	He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And killed all that were desirable to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.
2:5	The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds And multiplied in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.	The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces; He has brought its strongholds to ruin And multiplied in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.
2:6	And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His appointed meeting place. The Lord has caused to be forgotten The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion, And He has despised king and priest In the indignation of His anger.	And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has brought His appointed meeting place to ruin. Yahweh has caused to be forgotten The appointed time and sabbath in Zion, And He has spurned king and priest In the indignation of His anger.
2:7	The Lord has rejected His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As in the day of an appointed feast.	The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces. They have made a noise in the house of Yahweh As in the day of an appointed time.
2:8	The Lord determined to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line, He has not restrained His hand from destroying, And He has caused rampart and wall to lament; They have languished together.	Yahweh determined to bring to ruin The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not turned His hand back from swallowing up, And He has caused rampart and wall to mourn; They have languished together.
2:9	Her gates have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The law is no more. Also, her prophets find No vision from the Lord.	Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The law is no more. Also, her prophets find No vision from Yahweh.
2:10	The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground, they are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground.	The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground; they are silent. They have thrown dust up on their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads down to the ground.
2:11	My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.	My eyes fail because of tears; My inmost being is greatly disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When infants and nursing babies faint In the open squares of the city.
2:12	They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers bosom.	They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? As they faint like a wounded man In the open squares of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers bosom.
2:13	How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?	What shall I testify about you? To what shall I equate you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?
2:14	Your prophets have seen for you False and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your iniquity So as to restore you from captivity, But they have seen for you false and misleading oracles.	Your prophets have beheld for you Worthless and ineffective visions; And they have not uncovered your iniquity So as to return you from captivity, But they have beheld for you worthless and misleading oracles.
2:15	All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, Is this the city of which they said, The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth?	All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, Is this the city of which they said, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
2:16	All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it.	All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we have hoped; We have found it, we have seen it.
2:17	The Lord has done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has thrown down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries.	Yahweh has done what He purposed; He has completed His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has pulled down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to be glad over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries.
2:18	Their heart cried out to the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest.	Their heart cried out to the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief; Let your eyes not be still.
2:19	Arise, cry aloud in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint because of hunger At the head of every street.	Arise, cry aloud in the night At the head of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your infants Who are faint because of hunger At the head of every street.
2:20	See, O Lord, and look! With whom have You dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, The little ones who were born healthy? Should priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?	See, O Yahweh, and look! With whom have You dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, The infants who were born healthy? Should priest and prophet be killed In the sanctuary of the Lord?
2:21	On the ground in the streets Lie young and old; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered, not sparing.	On the ground in the streets Lie young and old; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered, not sparing.
2:22	You called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the Lords anger. Those whom I bore and reared, My enemy annihilated them.	You called as in the day of an appointed time My terrors on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of Yahwehs anger. Those whom I gave birth to and reared, My enemy consumed them.
3:4	He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.	He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has broken my bones.
3:5	He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.	He has besieged and encompassed me with gall and hardship.
3:6	In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.	Dark places He has made me inhabit, Like those who have long been dead.
3:9	He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.	He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.
3:14	I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day.	I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their music of mockery all the day.
3:15	He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.	He has saturated me with bitterness; He has sated me with wormwood.
3:17	My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.	My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten goodness.
3:18	So I say, My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the Lord.	So I say, My strength has perished, As well as my hopeful waiting which comes from Yahweh.
3:19	Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.	¶Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and gall.
3:21	This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.	This I will return to my heart; Therefore I will wait in hope.
3:22	The Lords lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.	The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
3:24	The Lord is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I have hope in Him.	Yahweh is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I wait for Him.
3:25	The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.	Yahweh is good to those who hope in Him, To the soul who seeks Him.
3:26	It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the Lord.	It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of Yahweh.
3:29	Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope.	Let him put his mouth in the dust; Perhaps there is hope.
3:30	Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach.	Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him; Let him be saturated with reproach.
3:33	For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men.	For He does not afflict from His heart Or grieve the sons of men.
3:36	To defraud a man in his lawsuit— Of these things the Lord does not approve.	To defraud a man in his legal case— These things the Lord does not see with approval.
3:37	Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?	Who is there who speaks and it happens, Unless the Lord has commanded it?
3:38	Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?	Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both calamities and good go forth?
3:39	Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins?	Why should any living person or any man Complain because of his sins?
3:40	Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the Lord.	¶Let us search out and examine our ways, And let us return to Yahweh.
3:41	We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;	We lift up our heart to our hands Toward God in heaven;
3:42	We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned.	We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
3:43	You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared.	You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have killed and have not spared.
3:45	You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.	You have made us mere scum and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
3:50	Until the Lord looks down And sees from heaven.	Until Yahweh looks down And sees from heaven.
3:51	My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.	My eyes deal severely with my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.
3:53	They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.	They have silenced my life in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
3:55	I called on Your name, O Lord, Out of the lowest pit.	I called on Your name, O Yahweh, Out of the lowest pit.
3:59	O Lord, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case.	O Yahweh, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case.
3:60	You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.	You have seen all their vengeance, All their purposes against me.
3:61	You have heard their reproach, O Lord, All their schemes against me.	You have heard their reproach, O Yahweh, All their purposes against me.
3:62	The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long.	The lips of those who rise against me and their whispering Are against me all day long.
3:64	You will recompense them, O Lord, According to the work of their hands.	You will recompense them, O Yahweh, According to the work of their hands.
3:65	You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them.	You will give them dullness of heart; Your curse will be on them.
3:66	You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the Lord!	You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of Yahweh!
4:1	How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street.	How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the head of every street.
4:3	Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness.	Even jackals offer the breast; They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness.
4:4	The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.	The tongue of the nursing baby cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The infants ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.
4:5	Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.	Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in crimson Embrace ash pits.
4:6	For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her.	So the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands whirled toward her.
4:7	Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.	Her Nazirites were purer than snow; They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.
4:8	Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.	Their form is blacker than soot; They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones; It is withered, it has become like wood.
4:9	Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.	Better are those pierced through with the sword Than those pierced through with hunger; For their life flows away, being stricken For lack of the produce of the field.
4:11	The Lord has accomplished His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations.	Yahweh has spent His wrath; He has poured out His burning anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has devoured its foundations.
4:15	Depart! Unclean! they cried of themselves. Depart, depart, do not touch! So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, They shall not continue to dwell with us.	Depart! Unclean! they cried of themselves. Depart, depart, do not touch! So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, They shall not continue to sojourn with us.
4:16	The presence of the Lord has scattered them, He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders.	The presence of Yahweh has eradicated them; He will not continue to look at them; They did not honor the priests; They did not favor the elders.
4:17	Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.	Yet our eyes were spent, Looking for help was vanity; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.
4:18	They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.	They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our open squares; Our end drew near, Our days were finished, For our end had come.
4:19	Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.	Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They hotly pursued us on the mountains; They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
4:20	The breath of our nostrils, the Lords anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, Under his shadow We shall live among the nations.	The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, Under his shadow We shall live among the nations.
4:21	Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who dwells in the land of Uz; But the cup will come around to you as well, You will become drunk and make yourself naked.	Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who inhabits the land of Uz; But the cup will pass on to you as well; You will become drunk and make yourself naked.
4:22	The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!	The punishment of your iniquity has come to an end, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!
5:1	Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!	Remember, O Yahweh, what has happened to us; Look, and see our reproach!
5:2	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
5:3	We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.	We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
5:4	We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.	We drink our water by means of silver; Our wood comes to us at a price.
5:5	Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.	Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out; there is no rest for us.
5:6	We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.	We have given over our hands to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
5:7	Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.	Our fathers sinned; they are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
5:8	Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.	Slaves rule over us; There is no one to tear us away from their hand.
5:10	Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.	Our skin has become as hot as an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.
5:11	They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.	They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:13	Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.	Young men lifted up the stone at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled down under loads of wood.
5:14	Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.	Elders have ceased from being at the gate, Young men from their music.
5:17	Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;	Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes are dim;
5:18	Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.	Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes walk about in it.
5:19	You, O Lord, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.	¶You, O Yahweh, sit enthroned forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
5:21	Restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,	Cause us to return to You, O Yahweh, that we may be returned; Renew our days as of old,
5:22	Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.	Even if You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.