A Prayer for Mercy 1Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
3We have become orphans without a father,
4We have to pay for our drinking water,
5Our pursuers are at our necks; 6We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
8Slaves rule over us;
9We get our bread at the risk of our lives
10Our skin has become as hot as an oven,
11They ravished the women in Zion,
12Princes were hung by their hands;
13Young men worked at the grinding mill,
14Elders are gone from the gate,
15The joy of our hearts has ceased;
16The crown has fallen from our head;
17Because of this our heart is faint,
18Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate,
19You, O LORD, rule forever;
20Why do You forget us forever?
21Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored;
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