Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest,
How long must I bear pain in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.”
Why should you be like someone confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot give help? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not forsake us!