Lamentations 5:20

Modern

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Traditional

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

Literal

Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for a length of days.

Latin

Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri, derelinques nos in longitudine dierum?

Hebrew

English

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

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

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 13:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalm 44:24
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Jeremiah 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.
Psalm 85:5
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Isaiah 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!
Psalm 77:7–10
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Psalm 94:3–4
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Psalm 79:5
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?