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Prayer for Restoration
Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold our reproach!
Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold our reproach!
Prayer for Restoration
LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
And our houses to foreigners.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
our homes to foreigners.
We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like widows.
Our mothers are like widows.
We are orphaned and fatherless.
Our mothers are widowed.
Our mothers are widowed.
We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
And our wood comes at a price.
We have to pay for water to drink,
and even firewood is expensive.
and even firewood is expensive.
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
We have given our hand to the Egyptians
And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough food to survive.
to get enough food to survive.
Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
But we bear their iniquities.
Our ancestors sinned, but they have died —
and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
Slaves have now become our masters;
there is no one left to rescue us.
there is no one left to rescue us.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,
for violence rules the countryside.
for violence rules the countryside.
Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
Because of the fever of famine.
The famine has blackened our skin
as though baked in an oven.
as though baked in an oven.
They ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
And elders were not respected.
Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,
and our elders are treated with contempt.
and our elders are treated with contempt.
Young men ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
Young men are led away to work at millstones,
and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their music.
And the young men from their music.
The elders no longer sit in the city gates;
the young men no longer dance and sing.
the young men no longer dance and sing.
The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into mourning.
Our dance has turned into mourning.
Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
our dancing has turned to mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Because of this our heart is faint;
Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Our hearts are sick and weary,
and our eyes grow dim with tears.
and our eyes grow dim with tears.
Because of Mount Zion which is desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.
With foxes walking about on it.
You, O Lord, remain forever;
Your throne from generation to generation.
Your throne from generation to generation.
But LORD, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Why do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
And forsake us for so long a time?
Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!
Give us back the joys we once had!
Give us back the joys we once had!