Lamentations 5:20
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
21Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? — for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
Psalms 42:10With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God?'
Psalms 74:1An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
Psalms 79:5Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
Psalms 89:46Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
Isaiah 49:14And Zion saith, 'Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my 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 →