3. We have become orphans, fatherless, Our mothers are like widows.
4. We had to pay for our drinking water, And our wood comes at a price.
5. We have been pursued close onto our neck, We have laboured and had no rest.
6. To Mitsrayim we have given a hand; To Ashshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7. Our fathers sinned, they are no more. We have borne their crookednesses.
8. Servants have ruled over us; There is no one to deliver from their hand.
9. With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10. Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of scarcity of food.