Mar 11, 2010
Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us ...
We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven;
we are weary, we are given no rest.
- Lamentations 5:1-5
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