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 have You forgotten us forever, abandoned us for our entire lives?

21 LORD, restore us 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.