Lamentations 5:20
Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.
21Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
Psalms 42:10I will say to God : Thou art my support. Why hast thou forgotten me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy afflicteth me?
Psalms 74:1Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?
Psalms 89:46Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
Isaiah 49:14And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath 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 →