Holy Scripture
Lamentations 5:21
A church father on this verse
“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…”
Source: Septuagint
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21Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned; And renew our days as before.
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19But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell forever; Thy throne shall endure to generation and generation.
20Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, And abandon us a long time?
— Lamentations 5:21 —
22For thou hast indeed rejected us; Thou hast been very wroth against us.