5 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
    look, and see our disgrace.^(A)
2 Our inheritance^(B) has been turned over to strangers,^(C)
    our homes^(D) to foreigners.^(E)
3 We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.^(F)
4 We must buy the water we drink;^(G)
    our wood can be had only at a price.^(H)
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary^(I) and find no rest.^(J)
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria^(K)
    to get enough bread.
⁷ Our ancestors^(L) sinned and are no more,
    and we bear their punishment.^(M)
8 Slaves^(N) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.^(O)
9 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)

³ You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(E)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(F)
5 Yet you sweep people away^(G) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
⁶ In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(H)

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(I) in the light of your presence.^(J)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.^(K)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,^(L)
    or eighty,^(M) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(N)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(O)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath^(P) is as great as the fear that is your due.^(Q)
12 Teach us to number our days,^(R)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(S)

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(T) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(U)
14 Satisfy^(V) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(W)
    that we may sing for joy^(X) and be glad all our days.^(Y)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
¹⁶ May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.^(Z)

¹⁷ May the favor^[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.^(AA)

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare^(AF)
    and from the deadly pestilence.^(AG)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;^(AH)
    his faithfulness will be your shield^(AI) and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear^(AJ) the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.^(AK)

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm^(AL) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels^(AM) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(AN)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(AO)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(AP)

¹⁴ “Because he^[c] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(AQ)
16 With long life^(AR) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(AS)”

⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy^(AZ) at what your hands have done.^(BA)
5 How great are your works,^(BB) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!^(BC)
6 Senseless people^(BD) do not know,
    fools do not understand,
⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.^(BE)

⁸ But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

⁹ For surely your enemies^(BF), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.^(BG)
10 You have exalted my horn^[e](BH) like that of a wild ox;^(BI)
    fine oils^(BJ) have been poured on me.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.^(BK)

¹² The righteous will flourish^(BL) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(BM)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(BN)
14 They will still bear fruit^(BO) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.^(BP)”