Lamentations 5:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 13:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 44:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
  • Ps 74:1 : 1 A Psalme to giue instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?
  • Ps 77:7-9 : 7 Will the Lorde absent him selfe for euer? and will he shewe no more fauour? 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? doeth his promes faile for euermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah. 10 And I sayde, This is my death: yet I remembred the yeeres of the right hand of the most High.
  • Ps 79:5 : 5 Lord, howe long wilt thou be angrie, for euer? shall thy gelousie burne like fire?
  • Ps 85:5 : 5 Wilt thou be angry with vs for euer? and wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generation to another?
  • Ps 89:46 : 46 Lord, howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?
  • Ps 94:3-4 : 3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
  • Isa 64:9-9 : 9 Be not angry, O Lorde, aboue measure, neither remember iniquitie for euer: lo, we beseech thee beholde, we are all thy people. 10 Thine holy cities lye waste: Zion is a wildernes, and Ierusalem a desart. 11 The House of our Sanctuarie & of our glorie, where our fathers praysed thee, is burnt vp with fire and all our pleasant things are wasted. 12 Wilt thou holde thy selfe still at these things, O Lorde? wilt thou holde thy peace and afflict vs aboue measure?
  • Jer 14:19-21 : 19 Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah, or hath thy soule abhorred Zion? why hast thou smitten vs, that we cannot be healed? Wee looked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of health, and behold trouble. 20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednesse and the iniquitie of our fathers: for we haue sinned against thee. 21 Doe not abhorre vs: for thy Names sake cast not downe the throne of thy glory: remember and breake not thy couenant with vs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 13:1
    83%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Lam 5:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.

    22But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.

  • Ps 44:23-24
    2 verses
    80%

    23Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.

    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?

  • Lam 5:19
    80%

    19But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne is from generation to generation.

  • Ps 85:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Wilt thou be angry with vs for euer? and wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generation to another?

    6Wilt thou not turne againe & quicken vs, that thy people may reioyce in thee?

  • Ps 74:1
    78%

    1A Psalme to giue instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?

  • Lam 5:1
    77%

    1Remember, O Lorde, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.

  • Ps 44:17
    76%

    17All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.

  • Ps 79:5
    76%

    5Lord, howe long wilt thou be angrie, for euer? shall thy gelousie burne like fire?

  • Ps 77:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7Will the Lorde absent him selfe for euer? and will he shewe no more fauour?

    8Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? doeth his promes faile for euermore?

    9Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah.

  • Ps 60:1
    76%

    1To him that excelleth vpon Shushan Eduth, or Michtam. A Psalme of Dauid to teach. When he fought against Aram Naharaim, & against Aram Zobah, when Ioab returned and slewe twelue thousand Edomites in the salt valley. O God, thou hast cast vs out, thou hast scattered vs, thou hast bene angry, turne againe vnto vs.

  • Ps 89:46-47
    2 verses
    75%

    46Lord, howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?

    47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

  • Ps 25:6
    75%

    6Remember, O Lorde, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesse: for they haue beene for euer.

  • Isa 51:13
    74%

    13And forgettest the Lorde thy maker, that hath spred out the heauens, and layde the foundations of the earth? and hast feared continually all the day, because of the rage of the oppressour, which is readie to destroy? Where is now the rage of the oppressour?

  • Ps 90:13
    74%

    13Returne (O Lord, howe long?) and be pacified toward thy seruants.

  • Ps 89:49
    74%

    49Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?

  • Ps 44:20
    74%

    20If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a strange god,

  • Isa 63:17
    74%

    17O Lorde, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, and for the tribes of thine inheritance.

  • Jer 2:32
    74%

    32Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without number.

  • Ps 80:18
    74%

    18So will not we goe backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shall call vpon thy Name.

  • Jer 14:9
    73%

    9Why art thou as a man astonied, and as a strong man that cannot helpe? Yet thou, O Lord, art in the middes of vs, and thy Name is called vpon vs: forsake vs not.

  • Ps 80:4
    73%

    4O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?

  • Lam 3:17
    73%

    17Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

  • Jer 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednesse and the iniquitie of our fathers: for we haue sinned against thee.

    21Doe not abhorre vs: for thy Names sake cast not downe the throne of thy glory: remember and breake not thy couenant with vs.

  • Ps 79:8
    73%

    8Remember not against vs the former iniquities, but make haste and let thy tender mercies preuent vs: for we are in great miserie.

  • Ps 90:1
    73%

    1A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, thou hast bene our habitation from generation to generation.

  • Ps 74:10
    73%

    10O God, howe long shall the aduersarie reproche thee? shall the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer?

  • Isa 49:14
    73%

    14But Zion saide, The Lorde hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

  • Ps 60:10
    72%

    10Wilt not thou, O God, which hadest cast vs off, & didest not go forth, O God, with our armies?

  • Isa 54:7
    72%

    7For a litle while haue I forsaken thee, but with great compassion will I gather thee.

  • Jer 23:39-40
    2 verses
    72%

    39Therefore beholde, I, euen I will vtterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence,

    40And will bring an euerlasting reproche vpon you, and a perpetual shame which shall neuer be forgotten.

  • Jer 5:19
    72%

    19And when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God doe these things vnto vs? then shalt thou answere them, Like as ye haue forsaken me and serued strange gods in your land, so shall ye serue strangers in a land that is not yours.

  • Ps 10:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

    12Arise, O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

  • Ps 10:1
    72%

    1Why standest thou farre off, O Lorde, and hidest thee in due time, euen in afflictio?

  • Ps 102:12
    72%

    12But thou, O Lorde, doest remaine for euer, and thy remembrance from generation to generation.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
    72%

    15For we are stragers before thee, & soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, & there is none abiding.

  • Ps 136:23
    72%

    23Which remembred vs in our base estate: for his mercie endureth for euer:

  • Ps 27:9
    72%

    9Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seruat away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation.

  • Ps 71:9
    72%

    9Cast mee not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • Ps 108:11
    72%

    11Wilt not thou, O God, which haddest forsaken vs, and diddest not goe foorth, O God, with our armies?

  • Ps 38:21
    72%

    21Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.