Lamentations 5:20
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
Cross References
Psalms 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 74:1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; 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 →