Lamentations 5:3-5

The Voice

³ Abandoned too early and on our own, we are like fatherless children;
    and our mothers, now widows, have nothing either.
⁴ The most basic necessities, food and water,
    shelter and warmth, we must pay dearly for.
⁵ Those pursuing us breathe down the backs of our heavily-yoked necks,
    driving us relentlessly.
Like overworked oxen, we are exhausted and without rest.