1. Our Lord, don't forgethow we have sufferedand been disgraced.
2. Foreigners and strangershave taken our landand our homes.
3. We are like childrenwhose mothers are widows.
4. The water we drinkand the wood we burncost far too much.
5. We are terribly ill-treated;we are worn outand can find no rest.
6. We had to surrenderto Egypt and Assyriabecause we were hungry.
7. Our ancestors sinned,but they are dead,and we are left to payfor their sins.
8. Slaves are now our rulers,and there is no oneto set us free.
9. We are in dangerfrom brutal desert tribes;we must risk our livesjust to bring in our crops.
10. Our skin is scorchedfrom fever and hunger.