How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Lamentations 5:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time? Common English Bible Why do you forget us continually; why do you abandon us for such a long time? Catholic Public Domain Version Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why wilt thou forget us for ever? Why wilt thou forsake us for a long time? |
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
How long, Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
How long, Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.