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My soul too is shuddering greatly—
    and you, Lord, how long…?[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:4 How long?: elliptical for “How long will it be before you answer my prayer?” cf. Ps 13:2–3.

25 Why do you hide your face;(A)
    why forget our pain and misery?

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“Will the Lord reject us forever,(A)
    never again show favor?

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II

How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
    Will your jealous anger keep burning like fire?(A)

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47 How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?
    Must your wrath smolder like fire?(A)

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II

How long, Lord, shall the wicked,
    how long shall the wicked glory?(A)

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20 [a]Why have you utterly forgotten us,
    forsaken us for so long?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:20–22 Unlike most of the laments found in the Book of Psalms, the Book of Lamentations never moves from lament to thanksgiving. It ends with this question still unanswered by God: “Why have you utterly forgotten us?”