1. O Lord, [earnestly] remember what has come upon us! Look down and see our reproach (our national disgrace)!
2. Our inheritance has fallen over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3. We have become orphans and fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
4. We have had to pay money to drink the water that belongs to us; our [own] wood is sold to us.
5. Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest.