Lamentations 5:20
Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19But you, O Lord, shall remain for eternity, your throne from generation to generation.
21Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted. Renew our days, as from the beginning.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
Psalms 74:1Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph.
Psalms 79:5O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
Isaiah 49:14And Zion said: “The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:18-22
Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. ( b. c. 588.) 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19 Thou, O Lord , remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord , and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against… Read the whole commentary →