19 But thou, O Lord, remainest [a]forever: thy throne is from generation to generation.

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

21 [b]Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned: renew our days as of old.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:19 And therefore thy covenant and mercies can never fail.
  2. 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.

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