Lamentations 5:20 · KJV
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, {and} forsake us so long time? {so...: Heb. for length of days?}”
— Lamentations 5:20
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Lamentations 5 — Context
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, {and} forsake us so long time? {so...: Heb. for length of days?}
21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. {But...: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?}
Cross References
Psalms 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 13:1
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}
Jeremiah 14:19-21
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and {there is} no healing for us? we looked for peace, and {there is} no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Isaiah 64:9-12
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we {are} all thy people.
Psalms 89:46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalms 79:5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 94:3-4
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Psalms 74:1
[Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast {us} off for ever? {why} doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction}