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| [1]Lord, haue thou mynde what bifelle to vs; se thou, and biholde oure schenschipe. |
[1]REMEMBER, O LORD, what has come upon us; behold, and see our reproach. |
| [2]Oure eritage is turned to aliens, oure housis ben turned to straungers. |
[2]Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens. |
| [3]We ben maad fadirles children with out fadir; oure modris ben as widewis. |
[3]We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. |
| [4]We drunken oure watir for monei, we bouyten oure trees for siluer. |
[4]We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold to us. |
| [5]We weren dryuun bi oure heedis, and reste was not youun to feynt men. |
[5]Our necks are under yokes; we labor, and have no rest. |
| [6]We yauen hond to Egipt, and to Assiriens, that we schulden be fillid with breed. |
[6]The Egyptians gave a helping hand, and we looked to the Assyrians to provide bread. |
| [7]Oure fadris synneden, and ben not, and we baren the wickidnessis of hem. |
[7]Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; and we have borne their iniquities. |
| [8]Seruauntis weren lordis of vs, and noon was, that ayenbouyte fro the hond of hem. |
[8]Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hands. |
| [9]In oure lyues we brouyten breed to vs, fro the face of swerd in desert. |
[9]We get our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. |
| [10]Oure skynne is brent as a furneis, of the face of tempestis of hungur. |
[10]Our skin has shriveled as though burned in an oven because of the suffering of famine. |
| [11]Thei maden low wymmen in Sion, and virgyns in the citees of Juda. |
[11]Women are ravished in Zion, and virgins in the cities of Judah. |
| [12]Princes weren hangid bi the hond; thei weren not aschamed of the faces of elde men. |
[12]Princes are hanged up by their hands; the faces of the elders are not honored. |
| [13]Thei mysusiden yonge wexynge men vnchastli, and children fellen doun in tree. |
[13]The young men grind the mill, and the youths stumble under loads of wood. |
| [14]Elde men failiden fro yatis; yonge men failiden of the queer of singeris. |
[14]The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their joy. |
| [15]The ioie of oure herte failide; oure song is turned in to mourenyng. |
[15]The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. |
| [16]The coroun of oure heed fellen doun; wo to vs! for we synneden. |
[16]The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned |
| [17]Therfor oure herte is maad soreuful, therfor oure iyen ben maad derk. |
[17]For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. |
| [18]For the hil of Sion, for it perischide; foxis yeden in it. |
[18]Because mount Zion is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. |
| [19]But thou, Lord, schal dwelle with outen ende; thi seete schal dwelle in generacioun and in to generacioun. |
[19]But thou, O LORD, dost endure for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. |
| [20]Whi schalt thou foryete vs with outen ende, schalt thou forsake vs in to lengthe of daies? |
[20]Therefore do not forget us for ever, nor forsake us for so long a time. |
| [21]Lord, conuerte thou vs to thee, and we schal be conuertid; make thou newe oure daies, as at the bigynnyng. |
[21]Bring us back to thee, O LORD, and we shall be restored; renew our days as of old. |
| [22]But thou castynge awei hast cast awei vs; thou art wrooth ayens vs greetli. |
[22]For thou hast utterly rejected us; thou hast been exceedingly angry against us. |