Lamentations 5:20
18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21 Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
- KJV
- Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
- WEB
- Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
- ASV
- Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
- DARBY
- Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
- BLB
- Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for a length of days.
- ÅB
- Hvorfor skulle du glemme oss evig, forlate oss for så lang en tid?
- OTB
- Hvorfor glemmer du oss bestandig? Hvorfor forlater du oss så lenge?
- B1930
- Hvorfor skulde du glemme oss evig, forlate oss for så lang en tid?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 44:24
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Read in contextPsalms 13:1
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Read in contextJeremiah 14:19–21
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:9–12
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
Read in contextPsalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Read in contextPsalms 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Read in contextPsalms 77:7–10
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Read in contextPsalms 85:5
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Read in context