Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
WEB
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
YLT
Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
DBT
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC