Lamentations 5:14-22 ▼

14 The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.

15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.

17 Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim:

18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it.

19 You, LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

20 Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives?

21 LORD, bring us back to yourself, so we may return; renew our days as in former times,

22 unless you have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us.