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Lamentations 5:1

NETBible	¹O Lord, reflect on² what has happened to us; consider³ and look at⁴ our disgrace.
NIV © biblegateway Lam 5:1	Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:1	Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
NLT © biblegateway Lam 5:1	LORD, remember everything that has happened to us. See all the sorrows we bear!
MSG © biblegateway Lam 5:1	"Remember, GOD, all we've been through. Study our plight, the black mark we've made in history.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 5:1	Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 5:1	Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 5:1	Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
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KJV	Remember <02142> (8798)_, O LORD <03068>_, what is come upon us: consider <05027> (8685)_, and behold <07200> (8798) our reproach <02781>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:1	Remember <02142> , O LORD <03068> , what <04100> has befallen <01961> us; Look <05027> , and see <07200> our reproach <02781> !
LXXM	mnhsyhti <3403> V-APD-2S kurie <2962> N-VSM o <3739> R-NSM ti <5100> I-ASN egenhyh <1096> V-API-3S hmin <1473> P-DP epibleqon <1914> V-AAD-2S kai <2532> CONJ ide <3708> V-AAD-2S ton <3588> T-ASM oneidismon <3680> N-ASM hmwn <1473> P-GP
NET [draft] ITL	O Lord <03068> , reflect on <02142> what <04100> has happened <01961> to us; consider <05027> and look at <07200> our disgrace <02781> .
HEBREW	wntprx <02781> ta <0853> harw <07200> *hjybh {jybh} <05027> wnl <0> hyh <01961> hm <04100> hwhy <03068> rkz (5:1) <02142>

NETBible

¹O Lord, reflect on² what has happened to us; consider³ and look at⁴ our disgrace.

NET Notes

¹sn The speaking voice is now that of a choir singing the community’s lament in the first person plural. The poem is not an alphabetic acrostic like the preceding chapters but has 22 verses, the same as the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet.

²tn The basic meaning of זָכַר (zakhar) is “to remember, call to mind” (HALOT 270 s.v. I זכר). Although often used of recollection of past events, זָכַר (zakhar, “to remember”) can also describe consideration of present situations: “to consider, think about” something present (BDB 270 s.v. 5), hence “reflect on,” the most appropriate nuance here. Verses 1-6 describe the present plight of Jerusalem. The parallel requests הַבֵּיט וּרְאֵה (habbet urÿ’eh, “Look and see!”) have a present-time orientation as well. See also 2:1; 3:19-20.

³tn Heb “Look!” Although often used in reference to visual perception, נָבַט (navat, “to look”) can also refer to cognitive consideration and mental attention shown to a situation: “to regard” (e.g., 1 Sam 16:7; 2 Kgs 3:14), “to pay attention to, consider” (e.g., Isa 22:8; Isa 51:1, 2).

⁴tn Although normally used in reference to visual sight, רָאָה (ra’ah) is often used in reference to cognitive processes and mental observation. See the note on “Consider” at 2:20.