Lamentations 5
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lord, haue thou mynde what bifelle to vs; se thou, and biholde oure schenschipe. |
| 2 | Oure eritage is turned to aliens, oure housis ben turned to straungers. |
| 3 | We ben maad fadirles children with out fadir; oure modris ben as widewis. |
| 4 | We drunken oure watir for monei, we bouyten oure trees for siluer. |
| 5 | We weren dryuun bi oure heedis, and reste was not youun to feynt men. |
| 6 | We yauen hond to Egipt, and to Assiriens, that we schulden be fillid with breed. |
| 7 | Oure fadris synneden, and ben not, and we baren the wickidnessis of hem. |
| 8 | Seruauntis weren lordis of vs, and noon was, that ayenbouyte fro the hond of hem. |
| 9 | In oure lyues we brouyten breed to vs, fro the face of swerd in desert. |
| 10 | Oure skynne is brent as a furneis, of the face of tempestis of hungur. |
| 11 | Thei maden low wymmen in Sion, and virgyns in the citees of Juda. |
| 12 | Princes weren hangid bi the hond; thei weren not aschamed of the faces of elde men. |
| 13 | Thei mysusiden yonge wexynge men vnchastli, and children fellen doun in tree. |
| 14 | Elde men failiden fro yatis; yonge men failiden of the queer of singeris. |
| 15 | The ioie of oure herte failide; oure song is turned in to mourenyng. |
| 16 | The coroun of oure heed fellen doun; wo to vs! for we synneden. |
| 17 | Therfor oure herte is maad soreuful, therfor oure iyen ben maad derk. |
| 18 | For the hil of Sion, for it perischide; foxis yeden in it. |
| 19 | But thou, Lord, schal dwelle with outen ende; thi seete schal dwelle in generacioun and in to generacioun. |
| 20 | Whi schalt thou foryete vs with outen ende, schalt thou forsake vs in to lengthe of daies? |
| 21 | Lord, conuerte thou vs to thee, and we schal be conuertid; make thou newe oure daies, as at the bigynnyng. |
| 22 | But thou castynge awei hast cast awei vs; thou art wrooth ayens vs greetli. |