20 Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time?

21 [a]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 exceedingly angry against us.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:21 Whereby is declared that it is not in man’s power to turn to God, but is only his work to convert us, and thus God worketh in us before we can turn to him, Jer. 31:18.

20 Why do you always forget us?(A)
    Why do you forsake(B) us so long?
21 Restore(C) us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
    renew our days as of old
22 unless you have utterly rejected us(D)
    and are angry with us beyond measure.(E)

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