“Thirdly, a prayer is prolonged. As stated: "Restore us to thyself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old!" And as the prophet Jeremiah elsewhere proclaims: "bring me back that I may be restored, for thou art the Lord my God." (Jer 31:18). On the contrary, the prophet Zechariah 1:3 proclaims: "There…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
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19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
— Lamentations 5:21 —
22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.