12. Princes are hung up by their hands;elders are shown no respect.
13. Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.
14. The elders have left the city gate,the young men, their music.
15. Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16. The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
17. Because of this, our heart is sick;because of these, our eyes grow dim:
18. because of Mount Zion, which lies desolateand has jackals prowling in it.
19. You, Lord, are enthroned forever;Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20. Why have You forgotten us forever, abandoned us for our entire lives?
21. Lord, restore us to Yourself, so we may return; renew our days as in former times,
22. unless You have completely rejected usand are intensely angry with us.