| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. | 1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace! |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. |
| 3We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows. | 3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. |
| 4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price. | 4We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. |
| 5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest. | 5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. |
| 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. | 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. |
| 7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. | 7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment. |
| 8Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands. | 8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands. |
| 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert. | 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. |
| 10Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger. | 10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger. |
| 11Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah. | 11Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. |
| 12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. | 12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect. |
| 13Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. | 13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. |
| 14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. | 14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. |
| 15Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. | 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! | 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! |
| 17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim | 17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim— |
| 18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. | 18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes. |
| 19You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. | 19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? | 20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? |
| 21Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old | 21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old, |
| 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure. | 22unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure. |
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