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求耶和华垂怜

耶和华啊,求你顾念我们所遭遇的,
留意看我们所受的凌辱。
我们的产业归陌生人,
我们的房屋归外邦人。
我们是无父的孤儿,
我们的母亲如同寡妇。
我们出银钱才得水喝,
我们的柴也是用钱买来的。
我们被追赶,迫及颈项,
疲乏却不得歇息。
我们束手投降埃及亚述
为要得粮吃饱。
我们的祖先犯罪,而今他们不在了,
我们却担当他们的罪孽。
奴仆辖制我们,
无人救我们脱离他们的手。
因旷野有刀剑,
我们冒生命的危险才能得粮食。
10 因饥荒的干热,
我们的皮肤热如火炉。
11 他们在锡安玷污妇人,
犹大城镇污辱少女。
12 他们吊起领袖的手,
使长老脸上无光。
13 年轻人扛磨石,
孩童背木柴而跌倒。
14 城门口不再有老年人,
年轻人也不再奏乐。
15 我们心中的快乐止息,
跳舞转为悲哀。
16 冠冕从我们的头上掉落;
我们有祸了,因为犯了罪。
17 因这些事我们心里发昏,
眼睛昏花。
18 锡安山荒凉,
狐狸行在其上。

19 耶和华啊,你治理直到永远,
你的宝座万代长存。
20 你为何全然忘记我们?
为何长久离弃我们?
21 耶和华啊,求你使我们回转归向你,
我们就得以回转。
求你更新我们的年日,像古时一样,
22 难道你全然弃绝了我们,
向我们大发烈怒?

求耶和华怜悯

耶和华啊,求你顾念我们的遭遇,
看看我们所受的耻辱!
我们的土地被陌生人侵占,
我们的房屋落入外族人手中。
我们成了丧父的孤儿,
我们的母亲成了寡妇。
我们喝水要付钱,
烧的柴要用钱买。
敌人紧追不舍,
我们疲惫不堪,不得安歇。
为了得到食物,
我们向埃及、亚述卑躬屈膝。
我们的祖先犯了罪,
已经逝去,
我们却要承担他们的罪责。
奴仆做了我们的主人,
无人从他们手中解救我们。
旷野中杀机四伏,
我们冒着生命危险才得到粮食。
10 我们因饥饿而发热,
皮肤热如烤炉。
11 妇女在锡安遭强暴,
少女在犹大被奸污。
12 首领双手被吊起来,
老人得不到尊敬。
13 青年被迫推磨,
孩童肩背柴捆,步履蹒跚。
14 老人不再坐在城门口,
青年不再弹琴奏乐。
15 我们心中的快乐消失,
我们的舞蹈变成了哀哭。
16 荣耀的冠冕从我们头上落下。
我们犯了罪,我们有祸了!
17 此情此景使我们黯然神伤,
泪眼模糊。
18 锡安山一片荒凉,
豺狼四处游荡。

19 耶和华啊,你永远掌权,
你的宝座世代长存。
20 你为何永远忘记我们?
为何如此长久地弃绝我们?
21 耶和华啊,求你使我们回到你身边,
让我们归向你,
恢复我们昔日的繁荣!
22 难道你完全弃绝了我们,
仍然向我们大发烈怒吗?

Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
    look, and see our disgrace.(A)
Our inheritance(B) has been turned over to strangers,(C)
    our homes(D) to foreigners.(E)
We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.(F)
We must buy the water we drink;(G)
    our wood can be had only at a price.(H)
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary(I) and find no rest.(J)
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria(K)
    to get enough bread.
Our ancestors(L) sinned and are no more,
    and we bear their punishment.(M)
Slaves(N) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.(O)
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
    because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.(P)
11 Women have been violated(Q) in Zion,
    and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders(R) are shown no respect.(S)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate;
    the young men have stopped their music.(T)
15 Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.(U)
16 The crown(V) has fallen from our head.(W)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!(X)
17 Because of this our hearts(Y) are faint,(Z)
    because of these things our eyes(AA) grow dim(AB)
18 for Mount Zion,(AC) which lies desolate,(AD)
    with jackals prowling over it.

19 You, Lord, reign forever;(AE)
    your throne endures(AF) from generation to generation.
20 Why do you always forget us?(AG)
    Why do you forsake(AH) us so long?
21 Restore(AI) us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
    renew our days as of old
22 unless you have utterly rejected us(AJ)
    and are angry with us beyond measure.(AK)

Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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

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

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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

11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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

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

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

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

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

17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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

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

Prayer for Restoration

Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!
(C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (D)widows.

We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
(E)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.
(F)We have given our hand (G)to the Egyptians
And the (H)Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

(I)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They (J)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
13 Young men (K)ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their (L)music.

15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into (M)mourning.
16 (N)The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(O)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
18 Because of Mount Zion which is (P)desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.

19 You, O Lord, (Q)remain forever;
(R)Your throne from generation to generation.
20 (S)Why do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
21 (T)Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be [b]restored;
Renew our days as of old,
22 Unless You have utterly rejected us,
And are very angry with us!

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
  2. Lamentations 5:21 returned