Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
Parallel translations
- WEB Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.
- KJV Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
- NKJV Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
- NASB Remember, Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and see our disgrace!
- NLT Lord, remember what has happened to us. See how we have been disgraced!
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Quick answer
The final chapter opens with a prayer: 'Remember, Lord, and see our disgrace.'
Overview
Chapter 5 is a communal prayer asking God to take notice of His people's reproach and suffering. To ask God to 'remember' is to plead that He act in covenant faithfulness on their behalf. This appeal to a God who sees and remembers His people grounds hope in His character, fully revealed in Christ who remembers those who are His (Luke 23:42; Ps. 25:6-7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Ps 44:13–16You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Ps 89:50–51Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- Jer 15:15You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
- Ps 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Lam 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Lam 3:61O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
- Neh 4:4Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
- Ps 74:10–11How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Ps 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Ps 123:3–4Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Lam 3:19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
- Hab 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- Neh 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Luke 23:42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
- Lam 1:20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
- Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
- Neh 1:8Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
- Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
- Lam 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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