Catholic Public Domain Version
"Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time? "
— Lamentations 5:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?”
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time? ”
“Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?”
“Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?”
“Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?”
“Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?”
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?”
Because of this, our heart became gloomy; for this reason, our eyes have been darkened:
because of mount Zion, because it was ruined. Foxes have wandered upon it.
But you, O Lord, shall remain for eternity, your throne from generation to generation.
Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time?
Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted. Renew our days, as from the beginning.
But you have utterly rejected us; you are vehemently angry against us.