Lamentations 5:21 (DBY)

Passage

Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:19 Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

Lamentations 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Lamentations 5:22 Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turn", "thou", "thee", "jehovah", "shall", "turned", "renew", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turn" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever..." into verse 22's "Or is it that thou hast utterly...", so "turn" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "turn" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.