14. The elders are gone from the city gate;the young men have stopped playing their music.
15. Our hearts no longer have any joy;our dancing is turned to mourning.
16. The crown has fallen from our head;woe to us, for we have sinned!
17. Because of this, our hearts are sick;because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
18. For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion,which lies desolate.
19. But you, O Lord, reign forever;your throne endures from generation to generation.
20. Why do you keep on forgetting us?Why do you forsake us so long?
21. Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you;renew our life as in days before,
22. unless you have utterly rejected usand are angry with us beyond measure.