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Its opponents are now in control.
    Its enemies have no worries.
    Yahweh made Zion suffer for its many rebellious acts.
    Its children go ahead of their opponents into captivity.
All splendor has abandoned the people of Zion.
    Its influential people were like deer that couldn’t find any pasture.
        They ran without any strength ahead of the hunters.

“Now, during its suffering and oppression,
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures it had from ancient times,
        when its people fell into the power of their enemies
            with no one to help them.
    Their opponents looked on, and they laughed at Jerusalem’s downfall.

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Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(A)
    because of her many sins.(B)
Her children have gone into exile,(C)
    captive before the foe.(D)

All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.(E)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled(F)
    before the pursuer.

In the days of her affliction and wandering
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
    there was no one to help her.(G)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed(H) at her destruction.

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