¹Recordare,Remember,Domine,O Lord,quid acciderit nobis;what has befallen us.intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.Consider and look kindly upon our disgrace.

¹Recordare,Remember,Domine,O Lord,quid acciderit nobis;what has befallen us.intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.Consider and look kindly upon our disgrace.

²Hæreditas nostra versa est ad alienos,Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners;domus nostræ ad extraneos.our houses to outsiders.

²Hæreditas nostra versa est ad alienos,Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners;domus nostræ ad extraneos.our houses to outsiders.

³Pupilli facti sumus absque patre,We have become orphans without a father;matres nostræ quasi viduæ.our mothers are like widows.

³Pupilli facti sumus absque patre,We have become orphans without a father;matres nostræ quasi viduæ.our mothers are like widows.

⁴Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus;We paid for our drinking water.ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.We acquired our wood for a price.

⁴Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus;We paid for our drinking water.ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.We acquired our wood for a price.

⁵Cervicibus nostris minabamur,We were dragged by our necks.lassis non dabatur requies.Being weary, no rest was given to us.

⁵Cervicibus nostris minabamur,We were dragged by our necks.lassis non dabatur requies.Being weary, no rest was given to us.

⁶Ægypto dedimus manum et Assyriis,We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians,ut saturaremur pane.so that we may be satisfied with bread.

⁶Ægypto dedimus manum et Assyriis,We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians,ut saturaremur pane.so that we may be satisfied with bread.

⁷Patres nostri peccaverunt,Our fathers have sinned,et non sunt:and are not.et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.And we have carried their iniquities.

⁷Patres nostri peccaverunt,Our fathers have sinned,et non sunt:and are not.et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.And we have carried their iniquities.

⁸Servi dominati sunt nostri:Servants have become rulers over us.non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.There was no one to redeem us from their hand.

⁸Servi dominati sunt nostri:Servants have become rulers over us.non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.There was no one to redeem us from their hand.

⁹In animabus nostris afferebamus panem nobis,We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives,a facie gladii in deserto.before the face of the sword, in the wilderness.

⁹In animabus nostris afferebamus panem nobis,We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives,a facie gladii in deserto.before the face of the sword, in the wilderness.

¹⁰Pellis nostra quasi clibanus exusta est,Our skin was burned, as if by an oven,a facie tempestatum famis.before the face of the tempest of the famine.

¹⁰Pellis nostra quasi clibanus exusta est,Our skin was burned, as if by an oven,a facie tempestatum famis.before the face of the tempest of the famine.

¹¹Mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt,They humiliated the women in Zionet virgines in civitatibus Juda.and the virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹¹Mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt,They humiliated the women in Zionet virgines in civitatibus Juda.and the virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²Principes manu suspensi sunt;The leaders were suspended by their hand.facies senum non erubuerunt.They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.

¹²Principes manu suspensi sunt;The leaders were suspended by their hand.facies senum non erubuerunt.They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.

¹³Adolescentibus impudice abusi sunt,They have sexually abused the adolescents,et pueri in ligno corruerunt.and the children were corrupted in the wood.

¹³Adolescentibus impudice abusi sunt,They have sexually abused the adolescents,et pueri in ligno corruerunt.and the children were corrupted in the wood.

¹⁴Senes defecerunt de portis,The elders have ceased from the gates,juvenes de choro psallentium.the youths from the choir of the psalms.

¹⁴Senes defecerunt de portis,The elders have ceased from the gates,juvenes de choro psallentium.the youths from the choir of the psalms.

¹⁵Defecit gaudium cordis nostri;The gladness of our heart has failed,versus est in luctum chorus noster.our singing has been turned into mourning.

¹⁵Defecit gaudium cordis nostri;The gladness of our heart has failed,versus est in luctum chorus noster.our singing has been turned into mourning.

¹⁶Cecidit corona capitis nostri:The crown has fallen from our head.væ nobis,Woe to us,quia peccavimus!for we have sinned.

¹⁶Cecidit corona capitis nostri:The crown has fallen from our head.væ nobis,Woe to us,quia peccavimus!for we have sinned.

¹⁷Propterea mœstum factum est cor nostrum;Because of this, our heart became gloomy;ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri,for this reason, our eyes have been darkened:

¹⁷Propterea mœstum factum est cor nostrum;Because of this, our heart became gloomy;ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri,for this reason, our eyes have been darkened:

¹⁸propter montem Sion quia disperiit;because of mount Zion, because it was ruined.vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.Foxes have wandered upon it.

¹⁸propter montem Sion quia disperiit;because of mount Zion, because it was ruined.vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.Foxes have wandered upon it.

¹⁹Tu autem,But you,Domine,O Lord,in æternum permanebis,shall remain for eternity,solium tuum in generationem et generationem.your throne from generation to generation.

¹⁹Tu autem,But you,Domine,O Lord,in æternum permanebis,shall remain for eternity,solium tuum in generationem et generationem.your throne from generation to generation.

²⁰Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri,Why would you forget us forever?derelinques nos in longitudine dierum?Why would you forsake us for a long time?

²⁰Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri,Why would you forget us forever?derelinques nos in longitudine dierum?Why would you forsake us for a long time?

²¹Converte nos,Convert us,Domine,O Lord,ad te,to you,et convertemur;and we shall be converted.innova dies nostros,Renew our days,sicut a principio.as from the beginning.

²¹Converte nos,Convert us,Domine,O Lord,ad te,to you,et convertemur;and we shall be converted.innova dies nostros,Renew our days,sicut a principio.as from the beginning.

²²Sed projiciens repulisti nos:But you have utterly rejected us;iratus es contra nos vehementer.you are vehemently angry against us.

²²Sed projiciens repulisti nos:But you have utterly rejected us;iratus es contra nos vehementer.you are vehemently angry against us.