Lamentations 5:20
Wherefore wilt thou forget us for ever! wilt thou forsake us for so long a time?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19O thou, Lord, wilt truly abide for ever, thy throne existeth throughout all generations.
21Cause us to return, O Lord, unto thee, and we will return: renew our days as of old.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (13:2) How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 42:10(42:11) It is as death in my bones, when my assailants reproach me; when they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 74:1“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? wilt thou be indignant for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 89:46(89:47) How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?
Isaiah 49:14Yet Zion said, the Eternal 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 →