Prayer for Restoration
Remember, aO Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold bour reproach!
2 aOur inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like awidows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
5 aThey pursue at our heels;
We labor and have no rest.
6 aWe have given our hand bto the Egyptians
And the cAssyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 aOur 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.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They aravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
13 Young men aground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their amusic.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into amourning.
16 aThe crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
aBecause of these things our eyes grow dim;
18 Because of Mount Zion which is adesolate,
With foxes walking about on it.
19 You, O Lord, aremain forever;
bYour throne from generation to generation.
20 aWhy do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
21 aTurn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored;
Renew our days as of old,
22 Unless You have utterly rejected us,
And are very angry with us!
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