American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:12-21 American Standard Version (ASV)

12. Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

13. The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

14. The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

15. The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

16. The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

17. For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

18. For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

19. Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

21. Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.