Full Hebrew Names KJV - Transliteration

 5:1 ¶ Remember,ºº O Yähwè יָהוֶה,º whatº is comeº upon us: consider,ºº and beholdººº our reproach.º

 5:1 ¶ Remember, O Yahweh, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

 5:2 Our inheritanceº is turnedºº to strangers,ºº our housesº to aliens.º

 5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

 5:3 We areº orphansº and fatherless,ºº our mothersº [are] as widows.º

 5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.

 5:4 We have drunkenºº our waterº for money;º our woodº is soldººº unto us.

 5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

 5:5 Our necksº [are] underº persecution:ºº we labour,ºº [and] have no rest.ººº

 5:5 Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.

 5:6 We have givenºº the handº [to] the Mixrîm מִצרִים,º [and to] the ´Aššûrîm אַשּׁוּרִים,º to be satisfiedºº with bread.º

 5:6 We have given the hand [to] the Mitzrim, [and to] the Ashshurim, to be satisfied with bread.

 5:7 Our fathersº have sinned,ºº [and are] not;º and weº have borneºº their iniquities.º

 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.

 5:8 Servantsº have ruledºº overº us: [there is] noneº that doth deliverºº [us] out of their hand.ºº

 5:8 Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.

 5:9 We gatºº our breadº with [the peril of] our livesº becauseº ofºº the swordº of the wilderness.º

 5:9 We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

 5:10 Our skinº was blackºº like an ovenº becauseº ofºº the terribleº famine.º

 5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

 5:11 They ravishedºº the womenº in Xiyyôn צִיּוֹן,º [and] the maidsº in the citiesº of Yæhûðà יְהוּדָה.º

 5:11 They ravished the women in Tziyyon, [and] the maids in the cities of Yehudah.

 5:12 Princesº are hanged upºº by their hand:º the facesº of eldersº were notº honoured.ºº

 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

 5:13 They tookºº the young menº to grind,º and the childrenº fellºº under the wood.º

 5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

 5:14 The eldersº have ceasedºº from the gate,ºº the young menº from their musick.ºº

 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

 5:15 The joyº of our heartº is ceased;ºº our danceº is turnedºº into mourning.º

 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

 5:16 The crownº is fallenºº [from] our head:º woeº unto us, thatº we have sinned!ºº

 5:16 The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

 5:17 Forº thisº our heartº isº faint;º forº theseº [things] our eyesº are dim.ºº

 5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.

 5:18 Because ofº the mountainº of Xiyyôn צִיּוֹן,º whichº is desolate,ºº the foxesº walkºº upon it.

 5:18 Because of the mountain of Tziyyon, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

 5:19 Thou,º O Yähwè יָהוֶה,º remainestºº for ever;º thy throneº from generationº to generation.º

 5:19 Thou, O Yahweh, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

 5:20 Whereforeº dost thou forgetºº us for ever,º [and] forsakeºº us so longº time?º

 5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?

 5:21 Turnºº thou us untoº thee, O Yähwè יָהוֶה,º and we shall be turned;ºº renewºº our daysº as of old.º

 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Yahweh, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

 5:22 Butºº thou hast utterlyºº rejectedºº us; thou art veryº wrothºººº againstº us.

 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.