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A Prayer for Mercy
1 Remember, O Loʀᴅ, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our APs 44:13-16reproach!
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to AIs 1:7; Hos 8:7, 8strangers,
Our BZeph 1:13houses to aliens.
3 We have become orphans AEx 22:24; Jer 15:8; 18:21without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.
Our wood comes to us at a price.
5 1Lit We have been pursued uponOur pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is ANeh 9:36, 37no rest for us.
6 We have 1Lit given the hand tosubmitted to AHos 9:3; 12:1Egypt and Assyria 2Lit to be satisfied withto get enough bread.
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
8 ANeh 5:15Slaves rule over us;
There is BPs 7:2; Zech 11:6no one to deliver us from their hand.
2Or In the face ofBecause of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin has become as AJob 30:30; Lam 4:8hot as an oven,
Because of 1Or the ravages of hungerthe burning heat of famine.
11 They ravished the AIs 13:16; Zech 14:2women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung by their hands;
1Lit The faces of eldersAIs 47:6; Lam 4:16Elders were not respected.
And youths BJer 7:18stumbled under loads of wood.
14 Elders 1Lit have ceasedare gone from the gate,
Young men from their AIs 24:8; Jer 7:34music.
15 The joy of our hearts has AJer 25:10; Amos 8:10ceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
16 The AJob 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18crown has fallen from our head;
BIs 3:9-11Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our AIs 1:5heart is faint,
Because of these things our BJob 17:7; Lam 2:11eyes are dim;
18 Because of AMic 3:12Mount Zion which lies desolate,
BNeh 4:3Foxes prowl in it.
Your BPs 45:6throne is from generation to generation.
20 Why do You APs 13:1; 44:24forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us 1Lit to length of daysso long?
21 APs 80:3; Jer 31:18Restore us to You, O Loʀᴅ, that we may be restored;
Renew BIs 60:20-22our days as of old,
22 Unless APs 60:1, 2; Jer 7:29You have utterly rejected us
And are exceedingly BIs 64:9angry with us.
A5:3 Ex 22:24; Jer 15:8; 18:21
15:4 Lit We drink our water for silver
15:5 Lit We have been pursued upon
15:6 Lit given the hand to
25:6 Lit to be satisfied with
15:9 Lit with our soul
25:9 Or In the face of
15:10 Or the ravages of hunger
15:12 Lit The faces of elders
15:13 Lit carry
15:14 Lit have ceased
A5:16 Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18
A5:19 Ps 102:12, 25-27
15:19 Lit sit
15:20 Lit to length of days