Lamentations 5

Translating without the constraint of the acrostic. This is a very sad prayer. I have almost nothing to say.

Verse	Hebrew text	A translation	What shall we say?
1	זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ	Remember יְהוָה how it is with us look and see our reproach	Lam 1:11 'see and look'
2	נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים	Our inheritance is turned over to strangers our houses to foreigners	10 verses of first person plural
3	יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנוֹת	orphans and without a father our mothers as widows
4	מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ	our water for money we drink and our wood comes at a price
5	עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ וְלֹא הוּנַח לָנוּ	on our necks persecution we labour and there is no rest for us
6	מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם	Egypt - we give a hand Assyria - to be satisfied with bread
7	אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ וְאֵינָם וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲו‍ֹנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ	Our fathers sinned and there is no them and we ourselves their iniquities bear
8	עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם	Servants rule over us there is no one to break from their hand
9	בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר	with our lives we are come to our bread from the edge of the sword in the desert
10	עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָב	our skin is hot as an oven in the face of the ferocities of famine
11	נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה	they humiliated the women in Zion the virgins of the cities of Judah	now a switch to third person plural
12	שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ	Princes by their hand are hanged the faces of the elders they do not honour
13	בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ	they bear youth to grind and the lads fail under the wood	elders, youth, and virgins (and fail where fall might be better) all hearken back to chapter 1 - though the links between 1 and 5 seem not as plentiful as those between 2 and 4. No diagrams to prove it yet though.
14	זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם	The elders from the gate have ceased the youth from their strings
15	שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ	Ceased is the joy of our hearts turned to lament is our dance	Now back to first person plural without ceasing
16	נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אוֹי נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ	fallen the crown of our head alas now for us for we have sinned
17	עַל זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ	because of this our heart has become faint because of  these black are our eyes	faint Lam 1:13 black Lam 4:8 - not in a framing position so perhaps a different gloss is called for
18	עַל הַר צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ-בוֹ פ	because the hill of Zion is desolate foxes go about on it	an interpretation of the foxes of Song 2:15?
19	אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדוֹר וָדוֹר	You יְהוָה remain for ever your throne from age to age
20	לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים	Why in perpetuity do you forget us and forsake us for such a length of days
21	הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ  וְנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם	Turn us יְהוָה to you and we will be turned refresh our days as of old	Psalm 90 - a poem on turning, and Psalm 80:3-4
22	כִּי אִם-מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד-מְאֹד ש	For if to reject you reject us you are displeased with us very severely