Lamentations 5:19

Modern

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

Traditional

Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

Literal

You, O YHWH, remain forever—Your throne from generation to generation.

Latin

Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanebis, solium tuum in generationem et generationem.

Hebrew

English

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
Hebrews 1:8–12
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalm 45:6
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalm 102:25–27
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Psalm 145:13
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
Psalm 9:7
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 146:10
The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Habakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.